Apache Ivy follows Maven principles and comes with lot of default configurations. Default settings can be overridden by defining a ivysettings.xml file.

<ivysettings>
   <properties file="${ivy.settings.dir}/ivysettings-file.properties" />
   <settings defaultCache="${cache.dir}" defaultResolver="ibiblio" checkUpToDate="false" />
   <resolvers>
      <ibiblio name="ibiblio" />
      <filesystem name="internal">
         <ivy pattern="${repository.dir}/[module]/ivy-[revision].xml" />
         <artifact pattern="${repository.dir}/[module]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
      </filesystem>
   </resolvers>
   <modules>
      <module organisation="tutorialspoint" name=".*" resolver="internal" />
   </modules>
</ivysettings>

Tags of Ivy Settings File

Following are the important tags of Ivy Setting file.

• property − To set an ivy variable. Cardinality: 0..n

• properties − To set an ivy variables using properties file. Cardinality: 0..n

• settings − To configure ivy with default values. Cardinality: 0..1

• include − To include another settings file. Cardinality: 0..n

• classpath − To add a location in the classpath used to load plugins. Cardinality: 0..n

• typedef − To define new types in ivy. Cardinality: 0..n

• lock-strategies − To define lock strategies. Cardinality: 0..1

• caches − To define repository cache managers. Cardinality: 0..1

• latest-strategies − To define latest strategies. Cardinality: 0..1

• parsers − To define module descriptor parsers. Cardinality: 0..1

• version-matchers − To define new version matchers. Cardinality: 0..1

• triggers − To register triggers on ivy events. Cardinality: 0..1

• namespaces − To define new namespaces. Cardinality: 0..1

• macrodef − To define a new macro resolver. Cardinality: 0..n

• resolvers − To define dependency resolvers. Cardinality: 0..1

• conflict-managers − To define conflicts managers. Cardinality: 0..1

• modules − To define rules between modules and dependency resolvers. Cardinality: 0..1

• outputters − To define the list of available report outputters. Cardinality: 0..1

• statuses − To define the list of available statuses. Cardinality: 0..1