Or you can start where the logs are displayed in the console itself: nexus-2.11.2-03>. The logs can then be seen as: nexus-2.11.2-03> tail -f logs/wrapper.log

Download and unzip latest Nexus OSS. Default administrator’s login/password is admin/admin123. Default deployment login/password is deployment/deployment123.

Lets get started! Install and Configure Local Nexus Repository This Tech Tip will show how to setup a local Nexus repository manager, and push artifacts to it – both snapshots and releases. Reasons to Use a Repository Manager provide detailed explanation of a complete set of benefits.

Another primary reason is to control your interim generated artifacts within your team. The primary ones are that they act as a highly configurable proxy between Maven central so that everybody does not have to download all the dependencies from the central repo.

Setting up a local repository manager has several advantages. Maven Central serves as the central repository manager where binary artifacts are uploaded by different teams/companies/individuals and shared with rest of the world. Much like github, and other source code repositories, which are very effective for source code control, these repository managers also act as a deployment destination for your own generated binary artifacts.

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