Forcing Gradle to work only with custom local repository

gradle.properties

artifactoryUrl=https://your.repo/artifactory

settings.gradle

pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        maven {
            url "${yourArtifactoryUrl}/plugins-release"
        }
    }
}

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    // use this enforcement in case your module tries to use other repos (i.e. Spring Boot project will try to use Maven central)
    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.PREFER_SETTINGS)
    repositories {
        maven {
            url "${yourArtifactoryUrl}/libs-release"
        }
    }
}