Mulesoft - Cloudhub deployment error: Deployment configuration is not valid, : No deployment configuration was defined - deployment

Question

This is my build details in POM:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.mule.tools.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>mule-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${mule.maven.plugin.version}</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<deploymentType>${deploymentType}</deploymentType>
<muleVersion>${muleVersion}</muleVersion>
<redeploy>${redeploy}</redeploy>
<businessGroup>${businessGroup}</businessGroup>
<username>${username}</username>
<password>${password}</password>
<applicationName>${applicationName}</applicationName>
<environment>${environment}</environment>
<region>${region}</region>
<workers>${workers}</workers>
<workerType>${workerType}</workerType>
<uri>${anypoint.uri}</uri>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>deploy</id>
<phase>deploy</phase>
<goals>
<goal>deploy</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
<configuration>
<compilerArgs>
<args>-parameters</args>
</compilerArgs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
These are my properties:
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<app.runtime>4.2.1</app.runtime>
<mule.maven.plugin.version>3.2.7</mule.maven.plugin.version>
<deploymentType>cloudhub</deploymentType>
<muleVersion>4.2.1</muleVersion>
<redeploy>true</redeploy>
<businessGroup>****</businessGroup>
<username>****</username>
<password>****</password>
<applicationName>****</applicationName>
<environment>Sandbox</environment>
<region>us-east-1</region>
<workers>1</workers>
<workerType>Micro</workerType>
<anypoint.uri>https://anypoint.mulesoft.com</anypoint.uri>
</properties>
Following is my terminal command:
mvn clean deploy -DmuleDeploy -X
and I am getting following error:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.mule.tools.maven:mule-maven-plugin:3.2.7:deploy (default-deploy) on project helloworld: Deployment configuration is not valid, : No deployment configuration was defined. Aborting. -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.mule.tools.maven:mule-maven-plugin:3.2.7:deploy (default-deploy) on project helloworld: Deployment configuration is not valid,
If I use following configuration, it deploys successfully in cloudhub:
<configuration>
<cloudHubDeployment>
<uri>${anypoint.uri}</uri>
<muleVersion>${muleVersion}</muleVersion>
<businessGroup>${businessGroup}</businessGroup>
<username>${username}</username>
<password>${password}</password>
<applicationName>${applicationName}</applicationName>
<environment>${environment}</environment>
<region>${region}</region>
<workers>${workers}</workers>
<workerType>${workerType}</workerType>
</cloudHubDeployment>
</configuration>
Not sure where I am doing wrong in the first config.

Answer 1

The configuration in the first example is for the older version of the Mule Maven Plugin (2.2.x or earlier) for Mule 3.x. The versions for Mule 4.x (3.3.x) always used the format of your second example. See the documentation at https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.2/mmp-concept#deploying-to-cloudhub
The last version of the Mule Maven Plugin for Mule 3 (2.3.x) uses the same format than the Mule 4 version.
In summary, the first example is obsolete and not compatible with a Mule 4 deployment.