krisdavison/nexus-server repository overview

⁠Nexus Maven Repository Docker File

This is the open source community edition of the Nexus Maven Repository and does not require any licences.

To run the container use this command. (If you want to name your container differently simply change nexus to your preferred name)

#!docker

docker run --name nexus -d -p 8081:8081 krisdavison/nexus-server

⁠Checking it worked

On the host machine open a browser to the following url. This should bring up the running nexus server.

#!http

http://localhost:8081/nexus

The Dockerfile also contains two volumes mapped to the config directory and the storage directory inside nexus type the following to show the mapped locations.

#!bash

docker inspect <container-name>

⁠More Information

The default login for nexus is username : admin password : admin123

For more information on using nexus try the documention at the following url.

Nexus Reference Documentation⁠