NEXUS

Nexus Repository OSS is an open source repository that supports many artifact formats, including Docker, Java™, and npm.

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Sonatype Nexus System Requirements:

1. Minimum 1 VCPU & 2 GB Memory
2. port 8081
3. OpenJDK 8
4. non-root user.

Install OpenJDK

apt install openjdk-8-jre-headless

Download the latest nexus.

wget -O nexus.tar.gz https://download.sonatype.com/nexus/3/latest-unix.tar.gz

As a good security practice, it is not advised to run nexus service with root privileges. So create a new user named nexus to run the nexus service.

sudo adduser nexus

Change the ownership of nexus files and nexus data directory to nexus user.

sudo chown -R nexus:nexus nexus 
sudo chown -R nexus:nexus sonatype-work

Let’s change the file so that the user can run the nexus

vim nexus-3.38.1–01/bin/nexus.rc

# remove this icon and type user

To start the Nexus service, use the following command.

/opt/nexus-3.38.1–01/bin/nexus start

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

http://ip:8081