title: Disable Maven central repository
body: <p>My company's policy frowns upon artifacts downloaded automatically (they have to be approved), so in order to use Maven I need to disable access to Maven's central repository. </p>
  
  <p>In other words, I don't want Maven to attempt <strong>any</strong> downloads from central.</p>
  
  <p>I know how to configure a local repository (networked or not), my idea is using a "blessed" machine to update the local repository.</p>
  
  <p>PS: I could block requests at the proxy/network level, but I'm asking about how to do it with Maven's configuration.</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE</strong>
  I finally figured out how to do it. In maven's home, in the <code>conf</code> directory is a global <code>settings.xml</code>.
  You can either set a mirror to <code>central</code> that points to some internal server or just override it's definition.</p>