Nexus 2.X Installation in linux (Deprecated)


# cd /tmp/
# wget http://www.sonatype.org/downloads/nexus-latest-bundle.tar.gz



# tar -xvzpf nexus-latest-bundle.tar.gz
# mkdir -p /opt/nexus/2.13.0
# mv nexus-2.13.0-01/* /opt/nexus/2.13.0/
# ln -s /opt/nexus/2.13.0/ /opt/nexus/current



# chown -R <username> /opt/nexus/



$ su - <username>



$ vi ~/.bash_profile



#### NEXUS 2.13.0 #########################

export NEXUS_HOME=/opt/nexus/current
export PATH=$PATH:$NEXUS_HOME/bin

#### NEXUS 2.13.0 #########################



$ source ~/.bash_profile



$ nexus start



$ nexus status
Nexus OSS is running (150).


wait 2-3 minutes


$ curl -I http://localhost:8081/nexus/
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 12:31:49 GMT
Server: Nexus/2.13.0-01
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Content-Type: text/html
Last-Modified: Sat, 28 May 2016 12:31:49 GMT
Content-Length: 8026
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0
Expires: 0


http://localhost:8081/nexus/



Using the Oracle Maven Repository with Nexus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ose6oXq7g7E

License should be approved:
https://www.oracle.com/webapps/maven/register/license.html

$ cd /opt/nexus/current/conf
$ cp nexus.properties nexus.properties.orig



$ vi nexus.properties

add in the bottom:

nexus.remoteStorage.enableCircularRedirectsForHosts=maven.oracle.com
nexus.remoteStorage.useCookiesForHosts=maven.oracle.com



$ nexus restart


http://localhost:8081/nexus/

Repositories -> Add –> Proxy Repository

Repository ID: maven-oracle
Repository Name: Maven Oracle

Remote Storage Location: http://maven.oracle.com

Authentication.

Your Username:
Your Password:

SAVE


Public Repositories (group) –> configuration

Move Maven Oracle to left


$ mkdir -p /${USER}/.m2/



$ vi /${USER}/.m2/settings.xml


My config. I will update it later (i hope).


<settings>
    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>main</id>
            <activation>
            <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <repositories>
            <repository>
                <id>Public Repositories</id>
                <url>http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
                <layout>default</layout>
                <releases>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
                </releases>
            </repository>
            </repositories>
            <pluginRepositories>
            <pluginRepository>
                <id>Public Repositories</id>
                <url>http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
            </pluginRepository>
            </pluginRepositories>
        </profile>
        </profiles>
</settings>