Maven project from archetype – Interactive mode
mvn archetype:generate -Dfilter=org.apache.maven.archetypes:mvn archetype:generate -Dfilter=org.apache.maven.archetypes: Good ones for starting: maven-archetype-quickstart, maven-archetype-webapp mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/archetype-catalog.xml -Dfilter=org.codehaus.mojo.archetypes:mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/archetype-catalog.xml -Dfilter=org.codehaus.mojo.archetypes: Good ones for starting: ejb-javaee6, ejb-javaee7