Managing build artifacts with Nexus ThoughtWorks 

Outline •The Repository Manager •Our use-case(s) •Component lifecycle •Nexus Setup 

A repository manager Stores and organizes binary software components (a.k.a jars) for use during your development lifecycle 

benefits •A destination for internally developed software artifacts •Share software components across other internally developed projects •Can proxy between the organization and public repositories •Faster and reliable builds •Greater visibility into your component library, and its usage 

our use case... ✓A destination for internally developed software artifacts ✓Share software components across other internally developed projects •Can proxy between the organization and public repositories ✓Faster and reliable builds •Greater visibility into your component library, and its usage 

our use case... •Host snapshot releases for components being developed •Host fixed versions of artifacts for environments that need specific releases •Segregate artifacts into different repositories (e.g. frameworks, apps, etc) •A local Maven repository 

Component lifecycle •Distributing Maven artifacts •Consuming components •Releasing the Maven artifacts 

Build lifecycle Clean Compile Test Package Verify Deploy 

A sample pom.xml com.foo.app shared-lib 1.0-SNAPSHOT jar .... nexus-snapshots http:/ /10.15.1.150:3001/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/ mvn deploy (and that’s it) 

Consuming artifacts com.foo.app consumer-api war 1.0-SNAPSHOT .... nexus Nexus true always fail http:/ /10.15.1.150:3001/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/ default ... 1. declare the maven repository 

Consuming artifacts .... com.foo.app shared-lib 1.0-SNAPSHOT ... 3. mvn compile (and that’s it) 2. declare the jar- dependency 2. declare the jar- dependency 

Releasing the artifacts 1. Declare git URLs com.foo.app shared-lib 1.0-SNAPSHOT jar ... scm:git:[email protected]:/shared-lib.git scm:git:[email protected]:/shared-lib.git scm:git:[email protected]:/shared-lib.git .... nexus-releases http:/ /10.15.1.150:3001/nexus/content/repositories/releases/ 2. Declare release repository 

Releasing the artifacts .... org.apache.maven.plugins maven-release-plugin 2.4.1 ... 4. mvn release:prepare mvn release:perform (and that’s it) 3. Use the release plugin 

Nexus Setup •A war that can be deployed to Tomcat •Register an ‘ admin’ user •And you’re good to go. 

Nexus Setup 

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