title: Where is the settings.xml used by maven in the Spring Tool Suite?
body: <p>I'd like to set the ftp servers for deploying from STS as described here: <a href="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/examples/deploy-ftp.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/examples/deploy-ftp.html</a></p>
  
  <p>It should be in the settings.xml.
  According to documentation settings is in either of 2:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>The Maven install: $M2_HOME/conf/settings.xml</li>
  <li>A user's install: ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Where is the $M2_HOME. In other terms when working from STS(Eclipse), what is the installation folder for maven in this case. I can't find a settings.xml in ${user.home}/.m2/ .
  I worked under Windows 7</p>
  
  <p>Those 2 threads are related but do not provide a clear answer that worked for me at least:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18454648/maven-doesnt-seem-to-be-installing-with-springsource-tool-suite">maven doesnt seem to be installing with springsource tool suite</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2341004/eclipse-sts-maven">Eclipse (STS) + Maven</a> , I have nothing appearing in the screenshot suggested in this last thread.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Thx in advance</p>