java-tutorials/maven-modules/maven-war-plugin/pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>maven-war-plugin</name>
    <packaging>war</packaging>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                <!-- Update maven war plugin to 3.1.0 or higher -->
                <version>${war.plugin.version}</version>
                <configuration>
                    <!-- Set failOnMissingWebXml configuration for maven war plugin -->
                    <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <!-- Set failOnMissingWebXml as false in properties section -->
    <properties>
        <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
        <war.plugin.version>3.1.0</war.plugin.version>
    </properties>

</project>