Nexus Repository OSS Server Installation

For more information on the Nexus OSS Repository Server, visit sonatype.com

Description:

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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:

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Install the packages that are needed to support Nexus Repository OSS

COMPATABILITY NOTICE:

These instructions are only compatible with CentOS 7     and RHEL 7  

yum clean all
yum -y install sudo vim wget net-tools java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64

Create Installation Directory:

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mkdir /opt/nexus
cd /opt/nexus

Download Nexus Repository OSS:

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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:

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cp /opt/nexus/nexus/bin/nexus /etc/init.d/

Change the Init Script:

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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:

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chown -R nexus:nexus /opt/nexus/
chown nexus:nexus /etc/init.d/nexus

Add firewall rules:

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firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=8081/tcp
firewall-cmd --reload

Set the application context:

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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:

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su nexus
/etc/init.d/nexus start
chkconfig nexus on

Login:

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Open your web browser and go to the ip of the server.

http://1.2.3.4:8081

Default Credentials:

username: admin
password: admin123

Post Requisites:

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References:

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clusterfrak.com
Nexus Post Install Checklist