Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Nexus Repository OSS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS is the free, open-source universal artifact repository manager for storing and distributing build components across formats — Maven, npm, Docker, PyPI, NuGet, Helm, raw, and more — with hosted, proxy, and group repositories. This image is built and maintained by cloudimg on a hardened, fully patched Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base.

### What's included

• Nexus Repository OSS (free EPL-1.0 edition) on OpenJDK 17 with the H2 datastore, managed by systemd
• The Nexus web UI on port 80, protected by authentication
• An administrator account seeded with a unique password on first boot (no shared default, onboarding wizard pre-completed)
• Blob stores and repository data on a dedicated managed data disk
• Automatic security updates enabled

### Getting started

Retrieve the generated password with `sudo cat /root/nexus-credentials.txt`, then sign in at the VM's public IP to create hosted and proxy repositories. Point your build tools (Maven `settings.xml`, npm registry, Docker) at the Nexus endpoints. The deployment guide on cloudimg.co.uk covers repository formats and proxying.