novatechflow | Alexander Alten

This article explains how to package applications as revisionable RPM artifacts using Maven, a technique that remains valuable for DevOps and platform engineering teams who operate in controlled, reproducible, or air-gapped environments. It covers prerequisites, rpm-maven-plugin configuration, directory mappings, permissions, and how to integrate RPM creation into CI pipelines to deliver consistent deployment units for Java services. Modern DevOps Packaging: Building RPMs with Maven for Reliable Software Deployment In modern DevOps and platform engineering, one of the most underrated tools is still the RPM. Even with the rise of containers, many organizations rely on RPM-based delivery to manage internal services, JVM applications, and deployment flows in secure or air-gapped environments. A revisionable, reproducible, OS-native package is often the cleanest way to promote artifacts through development, staging, and production. Back in 2015, the motivation was simple: ...