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dshap/nexus

By dshap

•Updated 10 days ago

Nexus web server

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dshap/nexus repository overview

⁠Nexus web server

Docker image for nexus web server.

Container runs as non-root user. This user owns nexus process and owns nexus files.

To run container next volumes should be mapped:

  • folder for nexus database
  • folder for nexus files
  • logs folder
  • backups folder

⁠Installation

⁠Installation from docker image
  1. Pull docker image
  2. Create user and group to own nexus files and to run docker container: 
    sudo groupadd -g 1193 nexus

    useradd -u 1193 -g 1193 -M nexus
  3. Proceed to configuration
⁠Installation from source
  1. Pull project sources from version control system
  2. Create user and group to own nexus files and to run docker container: 
    sudo useradd -r nexus

    sudo groupmod -g 1193 nexus

    sudo usermod -u 1193 nexus
  3. Make build executable: 
    sudo chmod u+x ./build
  4. Execute build: 
    sudo ./build nexus
  5. Proceed to configuration
⁠Configuration
  1. Obtain configuration files and scripts from the container: 
    cd ~

    mkdir conf

    sudo chown nexus:nexus ~/conf

    sudo docker run \
    --rm \
    -v ~/conf:/export \
    dshap/nexus:3.95.3 export-assets
  2. Create folders for nexus files: 
    sudo mkdir /nexus

    sudo mkdir /nexus/blobs

    sudo mkdir /nexus/db

    sudo mkdir /nexus/etc

    sudo mkdir /nexus/keystores

    sudo chown -R nexus:nexus /nexus
  3. Create a folder for logs: 
    sudo mkdir /var/log/nexus

    sudo chown -R nexus:nexus /var/log/nexus
  4. Create a folder for backups: 
    sudo mkdir /var/backups/nexus

    sudo chown -R nexus:nexus /var/backups/nexus
  5. Copy service configuration file: 
    sudo cp ~/conf/etc/init.d/nexus /etc/init.d

    sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/nexus
  6. Copy docker run script: 
    sudo cp ~/conf/usr/sbin/nexus /usr/sbin

    sudo chmod a+x /usr/sbin/nexus
  7. Copy util script: 
    sudo cp ~/conf/usr/bin/nutil /usr/bin

    sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/nutil
  8. Remove temporary config folder: 
    sudo rm -rf ~/conf
  9. Register service: 
    sudo update-rc.d nexus defaults
  10. Start nexus service: 
    sudo service nexus start
  11. Get temporary admin password: 
    sudo nutil admin-password
  12. Login to nexus with temporary admin password and initialize nexus
  13. Restart nexus service: 
    sudo service nexus restart

⁠Management

⁠Service management
sudo service nexus (start|stop|status|restart)
⁠Create backup
sudo nutil backup <filename>

Backup file /var/backups/nexus/<filename>.tar.gz will be created.

⁠Restore backup
sudo nutil restore <filename>
⁠Command line (bash)
sudo nutil bash

⁠Apache mod_proxy configuration

Nexus web server can be located with another web applications. For example, mercurial, bugzilla, wiki etc can be run as docker containers on the same host. In this case apache server can be used to redirect requests to different docker containers.

  1. Enable apache mod_proxy: 
    sudo a2enmod deflate headers proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_html proxy_http rewrite
  2. Configure proxy: 
    <VirtualHost *:80>
    ...
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    <Proxy *>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Proxy>
    ...
</VirtualHost>
  3. Copy site configuration file: 
    sudo cp ~/conf/etc/apache2/sites-available/nexus.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available
  4. Enable apache sites: 
    sudo a2ensite nexus
  5. Restart apache service: 
    sudo service apache2 restart

⁠HOW TO

⁠How to create cron job for backups
sudo crontab -l | { cat; echo "minute hour * * * /usr/bin/nutil backup <filename>"; echo ""; } | sudo crontab -

Tag summary

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1.3 GB

Last updated

10 days ago

docker pull dshap/nexus:3.95.3