Nexus Repository OSS Server Installation
For more information on the Nexus OSS Repository Server, visit sonatype.com
Description:
The world's only repository manager with FREE support for popular formats.
Give your teams a single source of truth for every component they use.
Provide universal coverage for all major package formats and types.
Pre-Requisites:
Install the packages that are needed to support Nexus Repository OSS
COMPATABILITY NOTICE:
These instructions are only compatible with CentOS 7
yum clean all
yum -y install sudo vim wget net-tools java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64
Create Installation Directory:
mkdir /opt/nexus
cd /opt/nexus
Download Nexus Repository OSS:
wget http://www.sonatype.org/downloads/nexus-latest-bundle.tar.gz
tar -xzvf nexus-latest-bundle.tar.gz
ln -s nexus-3.0.0-03-unix.tar.gz nexus
Copy Init Script:
cp /opt/nexus/nexus/bin/nexus /etc/init.d/
Change the Init Script:
Edit the /etc/init.d/nexus Init script, and edit the following line.
NEXUS_HOME="/opt/nexus/nexus"
Add the Nexus User.
useradd nexus
Set directory permissions:
chown -R nexus:nexus /opt/nexus/
chown nexus:nexus /etc/init.d/nexus
Add firewall rules:
firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=8081/tcp
firewall-cmd --reload
Set the application context:
Edit the /opt/nexus/nexus/conf/nexus.properties and set the webapp context.
This will remove the virtual directory of nexus out of the URL Path.
nexus-webapp-context-path=/nexus
Start Nexus Service:
su nexus
/etc/init.d/nexus start
chkconfig nexus on
Login:
Open your web browser and go to the ip of the server.
http://1.2.3.4:8081
Default Credentials:
username: admin
password: admin123