Configure the Environment Variables: # Make sure to select the default JDK, Set the necessary permissions on the Nexus folders for the nexus Service Account: chown -R nexus:nexus /opt/nexusĨ. Create a Service Account called ‘nexus’ to run the Nexus Repository OSS Application under: sudo useradd -system -no-create-home nexusħ. Extract it to our installation directory (/opt/nexus): tar xvfz /tmp/ -C /opt/nexus -strip-components 1Ħ. Download the latest version of Nexus Repository OSS: wget -O /tmp/ ĥ. We will be installing Nexus Repository OSS in a specific folder and create another folder for Data & Log files mkdir -p /data/nexus-data /opt/nexusĤ. Yum -y install java-1.8.0-openjdk java-1.8.0-openjdk-develģ. Check if you have Java installed, if not, make sure to install it: java -version Nexus Repository OSS requires Java 8 Runtime Environment. Yum install -y epel-release vim wget unzipĢ.

Let’s start with installing the prerequisites:.

Nexus Repository OSS Installation on CentOS 7 This allows you to perform telnet commands on the VM. The following tools can be useful for troubleshooting your setup: yum install net-tools The System Requirements for Nexus Repository OSS can be found here.

50GB Disk for Docker Proxy Repository Data.

I deployed a CentOS 7 Virtual Machine in my lab environment with the following specs: This eliminates the need to go to the Central Repository and reduces bandwidth and time needed to retrieve the components you need. If you search for that same component again, it will be found in local storage.

That component is then retrieved from Central and cached in the repository manager.

When you search for components, if the request isn’t found in your proxy repository, it is forwarded to the Central Repository. When using a proxy, requests for components are verified against the cached components in your proxy repository. A Proxy Repository can be defined as follows:Ī proxy repository is a repository that is linked to a remote repository, such as the Central Repository. In my case I want to configure a Proxy Repository for Docker Container Images using Nexus Repository OSS. Nexus Repository OSS is a free, open source artifact repository with universal format support provided by Sonatype.

Today I wanted to share some simple installation steps on installing Nexus Repository OSS on CentOS 7.

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