This page describes how to prepare Elastic Path source code for use by your project. The following diagram shows the steps:

You will need a working Java build environment on your local computer to prepare the source code.

1. Setup your build environment as described in the following sections of the Core Commerce 7.3.0 Developer Guide:
   1. Java 8 (JDK 1.8 64-bit) setup
   2. Maven 3.5.2 setup
   3. Configuring System Environment Variables

Elastic Path Commerce source code is delivered in the following release package:

• Unzip the contents of the release package into your project source directory.

The extensions module has a maven/individual-settings.xml you will use.

1. Change EP_REPOSITORY_USER and EP_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD to the credentials used for connecting to the public Elastic Path Maven repository.

   <servers>
           <server>
               <id>ep-public</id>
               <username>EP_REPOSITORY_USER</username>
               <password>EP_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD</password>
           </server>
           <server>
               <id>ep-cortex</id>
               <username>EP_REPOSITORY_USER</username>
               <password>EP_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD</password>
           </server>
           <server>
               <id>ep-commerce-engine</id>
               <username>EP_REPOSITORY_USER</username>
               <password>EP_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD</password>
           </server>
           <server>
               <id>ep-accelerators</id>
               <username>EP_REPOSITORY_USER</username>
               <password>EP_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD</password>
           </server>
       </servers>

2. Make any changes required for your project environment.
3. Commit the changes to source control.
4. Rename individual-settings.xml to settings.xml copy it to your ${user.home}/.m2 directory.

Follow the instructions at Setting up your Developer Environment to configure, build, and run Elastic Path Commerce in a command line environment.