To create your own XIP packages you need to complete the following steps(Linux): Install Apache Maven: (Steps originally described in these guide https://tecadmin.net/install-apache-maven-on-centos/ https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Building/#HInstallingMaven) Download the latest release (Binary file, .tar.gz) from https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi , version 3.5.4 or greater > cd /opt > wget https://www-us.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/X.X.X/binaries/apache-maven-X.X.X-bin.tar.gz (replace URL with correct version) Extract your archive > sudo tar xzf apache-maven-X.X.X-bin.tar.gz > sudo ln -s apache-maven-X.X.X maven Configure environmental variables > sudo nano /etc/profile.d/maven.sh Add the following content to the file and save it: export M2_HOME=/opt/maven export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH} export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m" Now load the variables > source /etc/profile.d/maven.sh Test if maven is correctly installed > mvn -version Create a ~/.m2/settings.xml file with the XWiki custom remote repository defined as shown below > nano ~/.m2/settings.xml xwiki xwiki-snapshots XWiki Nexus Snapshot Repository Proxy https://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/content/groups/public-snapshots false true xwiki-releases XWiki Nexus Releases Repository Proxy https://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/content/groups/public true false xwiki-snapshots XWiki Nexus Plugin Snapshot Repository Proxy https://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/content/groups/public-snapshots false true xwiki-releases XWiki Nexus Plugin Releases Repository Proxy https://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/content/groups/public true false xwiki You have now installed and configured Apache Maven to be used for creating xwiki extension XIP files. The following information on how to generate the XIP file parcially comes from https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/ExtensionPlugin/#HExample and https://forum.xwiki.org/t/issues-creating-packages-for-offline-repository/10773 Create a new empty directory for the XIP file you would like to generate, in this example I'll use the ldap-authentication extension > mkdir ldap-authentication Inside the (empty) directory, create a pom.xml file and add the content below. Adjust configuration where needed for the extension you would like to package > cd ldap-authentication > nano pom.xml 4.0.0 org.xwiki.platform xwiki-platform-distribution 14.1 org.xwiki.contrib.ldap ldap-xip xip true org.xwiki.contrib.ldap ldap-authenticator 9.7.4 <-- Leave the settings below as they are --> org.xwiki.commons xwiki-commons-tool-extension-plugin ${commons.version} org.xwiki.platform xwiki-platform-distribution-war-dependencies ${platform.version} pom Save the file. You can now build your XIP package > mvn package When successful the package will be in the newly created 'target' subdirectory. If for some reason something was messed up and you have to retry but run into some warnings that previous settings are being tried, then include -U to your command. (mvn package -U)