build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven { url "http://myorgart:8780/artifactory/libs-release" }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.bmuschko:gradle-cargo-plugin:2.0.3'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'com.bmuschko.cargo'
apply plugin: 'com.bmuschko.cargo-base'

ext {
  artifactoryUrl = 'http://myorgart:8780/artifactory'
  deployment_username = project.hasProperty('deployment_username') ? project.deployment_username : 'dummy'
  deployment_password = project.hasProperty('deployment_password') ? project.deployment_password : 'bogus'
}

group = 'com.myorg.usr'
archivesBaseName = 'myfile'
version = '1.0'

repositories {
    maven { url "${artifactoryUrl}/libs-release" }
    maven { url "${artifactoryUrl}/libs-alpha" }
    maven { url "${artifactoryUrl}/libs-snapshot" }
}

configurations {
    deploy
}

dependencies {
    testCompile "junit:junit:3.8.1"
    deploy "$project.group:$project.name:$project.deployment_version@war"
}

task downloadBinary(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.deploy
    into "$buildDir/downloads"
}

cargo {
    containerId = 'tomcat7x'
    port = 8080
    deployable {
        file = file("${buildDir}/downloads/${project.name}-${project.version}.war")
        context = "${project.name}"
    }
    remote {
        hostname = "tomcathostip"
        username = "${deployment_username}"
        password = "${deployment_password}"
        timeout = 6000
    }
}