Customizing The Context Root
The sample below shows how to customize the context root of an artifact to be placed in the EAR file:
<build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.3.0</version> <configuration> [...] <modules> <webModule> <groupId>artifactGroupId</groupId> <artifactId>artifactId</artifactId> <contextRoot>/custom-context-root</contextRoot> </webModule> </modules> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build>