radu-porumb / nexus

A Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager Docker image based on Alpine with OpenJDK 8

Nexus Repository Manager OSS

A Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager image based on Alpine with OpenJDK 8.

Running Nexus with:

• Repository on port 8081
• Docker Registry (hosted) on port 5000
• Data persistence on a host directory

docker run -d --name nexus \
    -v /path/to/nexus-data:/nexus-data \
	-p 8081:8081 \
	-p 5000:5000 \
	raduporumb/nexus

Notes

• Default credentials are: admin / admin123

• It can take some time for the service to launch in a new container. You can tail the log to determine once Nexus is ready:

$ docker logs -f nexus

• Test with curl:

$ curl -u admin:admin123 http://localhost:8081/service/metrics/ping

• Installation of Nexus is to /opt/sonatype/nexus-version.

• A persistent directory, /nexus-data, is used for configuration, logs, and storage.

• Three environment variables can be used to control the JVM arguments

  • JAVA_MAX_MEM, passed as -Xmx. Defaults to 1200m.

  • JAVA_MIN_MEM, passed as -Xms. Defaults to 1200m.

  • EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS. Additional options can be passed to the JVM via this variable.