nexus installation

sources:

http://www.vineetmanohar.com/2010/06/getting-started-with-nexus-maven-repo-manager/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLskAeXivPg

1. we need to download postgresql
2. go to: http://www.sonatype.org/nexus/
3. go to the Downloads menu-item
4. click on the Nexus Repository Manager OSS link
5. next click on the button for the zip-file
6. now we have the next tree-structure C:\tools\nexus-2.12.1-01-bundle
7. within this folder we have 2 folder:nexus-2.12.1-01 and sonatype-work

create windows service for nexus

1. search for services in the menu and open the Service Manager or Right-click on Computer icon on desktop and select Manage, it'll open a new window. Now go to Services & Applications -> Services. You can also open the same from Administrative Tools -> Computer Management.
2. open Command Prompt as administrator
3. nagivate to C:\tools\nexus-2.12.1-01-bundle\nexus-2.12.1-01\bin\jsw\windows-x86-64
4. and run the install-nexus.bat file

5. open the Service Manager and refresh the list

6. click on start the service
7. great nexus is up and running
8. open a browser and enter the url http://localhost:8081/nexus
9. click on the Log In link and login with
   1. username: admin
   2. password: admin123
10. after we logged in we are navigating to Repositories > Central > Configuration > Remote Repository Access section and set Download Remote Indexes to True. We need to do this to browse the maven index

configure the security: disable anonymous user

1. first we need to disable the anonymous user
2. in the left menu navigate to Security > Users, select the anonymous user and set the Status from Active to Disabled

configure the security: change deployment user

1. next we are configuring the deployment user to upload our artifacts in nexus
2. select the deployment user and change
   1. First Name:
   2. Last Name:
   3. Email:
3. right-click on the changed user and set password
   1. New Password: admin
   2. Confirm Password: admin
4. save the changes by clicking on the button Set Password