This can also be achieved in a single line: sudo echo ‘NEXUS_HOME=”opt/nexus/”’ | sudo tee -a /home/nexus/.bashrc > /dev/nullĮdit the nexusrc file to make sure the service will get started as the Nexus user: sudo echo ‘run_as_user=”nexus”’ | sudo tee -a $filePath > /dev/null Now we will create the service via systemctl so we can easily start/stop/restart and monitor our nexus instance.Īdd the following to the bashrc file of the Nexus user: NEXUS_HOME=”opt/nexus/” Make the Nexus user owner of both the installation and data directory: sudo chown -R nexus:nexus /opt/sonatype-work/ sudo chown -R nexus:nexus /opt/nexus/ Move both folders to opt : sudo mv sonatype-work/ /opt/ sudo mv nexus* /opt/nexus/Ĭreate a user nexus which will be used to run the service: sudo adduser nexus

sonatype-work (referred to as the data directory).

nexus-v-x.x.x (referred to as the installation directory).

Now we will download the latest version of Nexus OSS straight from the Sonatype website using: wget Įxtract all files: sudo tar xvzf If you are on another distro you will have to add the path to your Java installation as an environmental variable. If you run this command on a Debian system, the JDK will be set as the default Java version. You will have to accept the EULA from Oracle during the installation. Install JDK 8: sudo apt-get install -y oracle-java8-installer

Update your packages: sudo apt-get update OpenJDK is not supported by Nexus so we will be installing Oracle JDK 8 via PPA.Īdd the webupd8team PPA repository: sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java

You can use Putty, Git Bash or Ubuntu bash for Windows. Login using local VM account will show the command to connect to the VM.

Nexus artifact repository installation