How to access a secured Nexus with sbt?

Question

I\'m trying to access a Nexus repository manager which requires some basic authentication. Everything works fine from Maven2 but when I try to configure things in SBT it can

Answer 1

This worked for me. I'm using SBT version 0.13.15:

~/.ivy2/.my-credentials (host without port):

realm=Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager
host=mynexus.mycompany.com
user=my_user
password=my_password

build.sbt (nexus url with port):

import sbt.Credentials

...

credentials += Credentials(Path.userHome / ".ivy2" / ".my-credentials")

...

resolvers in ThisBuild ++= Seq(
    MavenRepository("my-company-nexus", "https://mynexus.mycompany.com:8081/repository/maven-releases/")
)