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+<settings>
+	<pluginGroups>
+		<pluginGroup>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</pluginGroup>
+	</pluginGroups>
+	<servers>
+		<server>
+			<id>dev</id>
+			<username>${server_username}</username>
+			<password>${server_password}</password>
+		</server>
+	</servers>
+	<profiles>
+        <profile>
+			<id>dev</id>
+			<repositories>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+				<repository>
+					<id>dev</id>
+					<name>Dev Profile</name>
+					<url>${devProfileUrl}</url>
+				</repository>
+			</repositories>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+</settings>