Where is my Maven Configuration File "settings.xml" Used by MuleSoft

To locate your settings.xml file, which contains the global settings for your Maven installation used by MuleSoft, review the following:

1. Your settings.xml should live in your .m2 folder.

Example Windows .m2 location:
c:\Users\myName\.m2

Example Mac .m2 location:
/Users/myName/.m2/settings.xml

2. If you do not have a settings.xml file, you will have to make one.

a. Make a file in your .m2 folder called "settings.xml"

b. Copy/paste the settings.xml from this article and modify it with your credentials:
How to use Enterprise Maven Repository credentials with settings.xml and pom.xml example

3. If you are missing an .m2 folder, please reference this article:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6081617/missing-maven-m2-folder