##### SUMMARY
As of 2019-01-15 Maven Central now requires `https`. 

https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041287334

##### ISSUE TYPE
- Bug Report

##### COMPONENT NAME
* maven_repository

##### ANSIBLE VERSION
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```paste below
It's in the build system. Full out not relevant.

ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.8.5
```

##### CONFIGURATION
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```paste below
Not relevant
```

##### OS / ENVIRONMENT
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Ubuntu 18.04 CIS
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##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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Attempt to get an artifact from Maven Central using `http` instead of `https`

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```yaml
- name: Download latest agent from maven central
  maven_artifact:
    group_id: com.contrastsecurity
    artifact_id: contrast-agent
    version: "{{ contrast_agent_version }}"
    dest: "{{ contrast_agent_path }}/contrast/contrast.jar"
    owner: tomcat
    group: tomcat 
    mode: 0644
```

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##### EXPECTED RESULTS
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I expected the artifact to be copied to the AMI as it has done for years before this :-)

##### ACTUAL RESULTS
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amazon-ebs: TASK [contrast : Download latest agent from maven central] *********************
    amazon-ebs: fatal: [teamserver-intuit-1579469195]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to download artifact com.contrastsecurity:contrast-agent:3.6.9.11819 because of HTTP Error 501: HTTPS Requiredfor URL http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/contrastsecurity/contrast-agent/3.6.9.11819/contrast-agent-3.6.9.11819.jar"}
    amazon-ebs:
 
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/contrastsecurity/contrast-agent/3.6.9.11819/contrast-agent-3.6.9.11819.jar

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Not sure what command you are referring to?
```

self.module = module
        if base.endswith("/"):
            base = base.rstrip("/")
        self.base = base
        self.local = local
        self.headers = headers
        self.user_agent = "Ansible {0} maven_artifact".format(ansible_version)
        self.latest_version_found = None
        self.metadata_file_name = "maven-metadata-local.xml" if local else "maven-metadata.xml"
    def find_version_by_spec(self, artifact):
        path = "/%s/%s" % (artifact.path(False), self.metadata_file_name)
        content = self._getContent(self.base + path, "Failed to retrieve the maven metadata file: " + path)
        xml = etree.fromstring(content)
        original_versions = xml.xpath("/metadata/versioning/versions/version/text()")
        versions = []
        for version in original_versions:
            try:
                versions.append(Version.coerce(version))
            except ValueError:
                
                pass
        parse_versions_syntax = {
            
            r"^\(,(?P<upper_bound>[0-9.]*)]$": "<={upper_bound}",
            
            r"^(?P<version>[0-9.]*)$": "~={version}",
            
            r"^\[(?P<version>[0-9.]*)\]$": "=={version}",