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Nexus

Nexus Repository Manager

1 - Nexus-yum

Configure Yum repositories with Nexus

Managing Yum packages with Nexus Repository Manager

YUM repositories in Nexus

  • Create a repo of type yum (example as shown below) Nexus YUM Configurtion

  • Create a repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/nexus.repo

[nexusrepo]
name=Nexus Repository
baseurl=http://localhost:8081/repository/yum-google-chrome/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
priority=1

  • yum check-update —> this command will check if there is any update for this package

  • google-chrome repo fetched from nexus nexus repo

  • Browse yum proxy repository in nexus
    Browse yum proxy

  • Update existing package using yum update as shown below yum update

  • Browse yum proxy to verify if new package is downloaded yum nexus proxy updated

How to download the latest available artifact from nexus

There is a metadata file that maintains a latest version of the artifact that you store in Nexus and by using something like the below URL you will be able to download the latest available artifact from nexus

https://localhost:8443/nexus/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=ABC-releases&g=<group_ID>&a=<artifact>&v=LATEST

API : /artifact/maven/redirect

References