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>

    <name>Our Multitenant Project: Build Reactor POM</name>

    <groupId>[SOME-ID]</groupId>
    <artifactId>[SOME-OTHER-ID]</artifactId>
    <version>[SOME-VERSION]</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>

    <parent>
        <groupId>[SOME-GROUP-ID]</groupId>
        <artifactId>cq-parent</artifactId>
        <version>[SOME-VERSION]</version>
    </parent>

    <properties>
        <revision>[SOME-VERSION-SNAPSHOT]</revision>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
        // more blah blah here

        <!-- FE-build -->
        <frontend.build.directory>./frontend</frontend.build.directory>
        <npm.arguments>install --ignore-scripts</npm.arguments>
        <npm.arguments.build>run build</npm.arguments.build>
        <npm.arguments.sass>rebuild node-sass</npm.arguments.sass>
        <npm.env.moduleBaseDir>${basedir}</npm.env.moduleBaseDir>
        <node.env>production</node.env>
        <node.version>v10.11.0</node.version>
        <npm.version>6.4.1</npm.version>
      
        // even more blah blah
    </properties>

    <modules>
        <module>frontend</module>
        <module>components</module>
        <module>config</module>
        <module>tenants</module>
        <module>test-content</module
        <module>complete</module>
        // etc
    </modules>

   // dependencies and all those things

    <build>
        // it's important that you define it under pluginManagement! 
        // it is the only way you can inherit it to the rest of poms!
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
                    <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>1.6</version>

                    <configuration>
                        <workingDirectory>${frontend.build.directory}</workingDirectory>
                    </configuration>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <id>install node and npm</id>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <nodeVersion>${node.version}</nodeVersion>
                                <npmVersion>${npm.version}</npmVersion>
                                <nodeDownloadRoot>https://nodejs.org/dist/</nodeDownloadRoot>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>
                        <execution>
                            <id>run frontend-setup</id>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>npm</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <arguments>${npm.arguments}</arguments>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>
                        <execution>
                            <id>rebuild node-sass</id>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>npm</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <arguments>${npm.arguments.sass}</arguments>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>

            // probably more plugins here!
            
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
    </build>

    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <!-- Activate node installation and npm install on non-root triggered builds. For root triggered builds,
                frontend module takes care of node initialization -->
            <id>frontend submodule build config</id>
            <activation>
                <file>
                    <missing>${user.dir}/base</missing>
                </file>
            </activation>
            <build>
                <pluginManagement>
                    <plugins>
                        <plugin>
                            <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
                            <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                            <configuration>
                                <workingDirectory>${frontend.build.directory}</workingDirectory>
                            </configuration>
                            <executions>
                                <execution>
                                    <id>frontend-setup :: bootstrap</id>
                                    <goals>
                                        <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
                                    </goals>
                                    <configuration>
                                        <nodeVersion>${node.version}</nodeVersion>
                                        <npmVersion>${npm.version}</npmVersion>
                                        <nodeDownloadRoot>https://nodejs.org/dist/</nodeDownloadRoot>
                                    </configuration>
                                </execution>
                                <execution>
                                    <id>frontend-setup :: install dependencies</id>
                                    <goals>
                                        <goal>npm</goal>
                                    </goals>
                                    <configuration>
                                        <arguments>${npm.arguments}</arguments>
                                    </configuration>
                                </execution>
                            </executions>
                        </plugin>
                    </plugins>
                </pluginManagement>
            </build>
        </profile>

        <!-- Skips installation of Node, NPM and npm install -->
        <profile>
            <id>skip-node-npm-install</id>
            <build>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
                        <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <id>install node and npm</id>
                                <phase>none</phase>
                            </execution>
                            <execution>
                                <id>run frontend-setup</id>
                                <phase>none</phase>
                            </execution>
                            <execution>
                                <id>rebuild node-sass</id>
                                <phase>none</phase>
                            </execution>
                            <execution>
                                <id>frontend-setup :: bootstrap</id>
                                <phase>none</phase>
                            </execution>
                            <execution>
                                <id>frontend-setup :: install dependencies</id>
                                <phase>none</phase>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin>
                </plugins>
            </build>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
</project>