I found how to get it working and maybe it will help others.
After caching the manifest xml files onto the system that will host the xml files and Android Studio SDK components which has a ur endpoint to access the files.
For Android Studio config either add the liine below to the idea.properties file in /Users/userid/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudioversion.number or in the Help -> Edit Custom Properties option in the Android Studio GUI.

sdk.test.base.url=https://my.server.com/repo-to-use/