add jreleaser.xml, update release pipeline config

Author: karikjtomi

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: '11'
-          distribution: 'adopt'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
       - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '18.x'
           cache: 'npm'
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           JRELEASER_NEXUS2_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_NEXUS2_USERNAME }}
           JRELEASER_NEXUS2_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_NEXUS2_PASSWORD }}
+          JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+          JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_PASSWORD }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         working-directory: backend
-        run: mvn -Prelease deploy jreleaser:deploy -DaltDeploymentRepository=local::file:./target/staging-deploy -DskipTests
+        run: mvn -Prelease deploy jreleaser:deploy -Djreleaser.config.file=jreleaser.yml -DaltDeploymentRepository=local::file:./target/staging-deploy -DskipTests

jreleaser.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+signing:
+  active: ALWAYS
+  armored: true
+
+deploy:
+  maven:
+    mavenCentral:
+      sonatype:
+        active: RELEASE
+        url: https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher
+        stagingRepositories:
+          - target/staging-deploy

pom.xml

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Agreement
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.jreleaser</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jreleaser-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.3.1</version>
+				<version>1.19.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<jreleaser>
 						<signing>