nexus

Nexus

Nexus by Sonatype is a repository manager that organizes, stores and distributes artifacts needed for development. With Nexus, developers can completely control access to, and deployment of, every artifact in an organization from a single location, making it easier to distribute software.

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Install Nexus Using Docker Compose

• Before you install Nexus, be sure to review the system requirements.
• Minimum hardware requirements:
  • 8 GB of RAM
  • 4 cores of CPU
  • -Xms2703M -Xmx2703M -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2703M

1. Before setting everything else, create a directory for Nexus home mount. Ensure that the directory exists and appropriate permission have been granted.

   $ mkdir -vp ~/docker/nexus 
   $ chown -R 200 ~/docker/nexus

2. Modify the .env file, you can fine tune these configurations to meet your requirements.

   NEXUS_IMAGE=sonatype/nexus3:3.41.1
   NEXUS_HOME=~/docker/nexus
   NEXUS_PORT_8081=8081        # Nexus http port
   NEXUS_INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS="-Xms2703m -Xmx2703m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2703m" # Jvm Options

3. Make sure you are in the same directory as docker-compose.yml and start Nexus:

   $ docker-compose up -d

4. Visit the Nexus URL, and log in with username admin and the password from the following command:

   $ cat ~/docker/nexus/admin.password

5. If something else goes wrong, for more detailed tutorial can be found on the Nexus