# Documentation Nexus IQ Server 1.26

**Nexus IQ Server 1.26**

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# Chapter 23. Sonatype CLM for Maven

## 23.1. Evaluating Project Components with Sonatype CLM Server

## 23.1.1. Authentication

## 23.1.2. Simplifying Command Line Invocations

## 23.1.3. Skipping Executions

## 23.2. Creating a Component Index

## 23.2.1. Excluding Module Information Files in Continuous Integration Tools

## 23.3. Creating a Component Info Archive for Nexus Pro CLM Edition

## 23.4. Using Sonatype CLM for Maven with Other IDEs

### 23.4.1. Maven Plugin Setup

### 23.4.2. IntelliJ IDEA

### 23.4.3. NetBeans IDE

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| The topics discussed in this chapter require IQ Server with the Lifecycle license. |

Sonatype CLM for Maven allows users to evaluate any Maven-based software projects, in the same way our integrated tools (e.g. Nexus Pro, Eclipse, Hudson/Jenkins) do.

This means you can access the same robust, reporting features no matter what toolset you use. It can be run on a command line interface and can therefore be executed on any continuous integration server, as well as a number of popular IDEs.

How you use the Sonatype CLM for Maven plugin widely depends on how you enforce policy. However, in general, when using the plugin on a multi-module project in most cases you will only configure an execution for the modules that produce components that will be deployed as an application.

Typically these are `ear` files or `war` files for deployment on application servers or `tar.gz` or other archives that are used for production deployments or distribution to users. That said, you can also analyze all modules of a project. Again, this will largely depend on what your CLM policy is enforcing and what you want to validate.

In the following sections, we’ll provide details on these goals and their usage:

### Index

The `index` goal of the plugin allows you to prepare data for analysis with Sonatype CLM for CI.

### Attach

The `attach` goal aids your integration with Sonatype Nexus CLM Edition and the release process using the staging tools of Nexus.

### Evaluate

The `evaluate` goal can trigger an evaluation directly against a Sonatype CLM server.

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| The `help` goal provides documentation for all the goals and parameters<br>and you can invoke it with an execution like _`mvn_<br>_com.sonatype.clm:clm-maven-plugin:help`_. |