Authentication for Maven Deploy APIs #308
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
According to the Pulp documentation, authenticated deployment using mvn deploy is not supported. This is a major security gap, making the current implementation unsuitable for production environments.
Describe the solution you'd like
Provide a solution that is compatible with Maven 3's deploy plugin authentication mechanisms, which appears to be HTTP Basic Auth under the hood.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Use raw Pulp REST endpoints for uploading artifacts.
This is exceptionally challenging for Java developers, who are accustomed to mvn deploy handling the artifact publication details.
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