Tips for maintaining an internal Maven Repository?

Question

I\'m interested in maintaining a Maven 2 repository for my organization. What are the some of the pointers and pitfalls that would help.

What are guidelines for use

Answer 1

Definitely use Nexus. :P

I've used both Nexus and Artifactory. The interface for Nexus is a lot more robust, it's a lot more configurable, and of course, written by Sonatype, who repesents pretty much everything Maven well.

That being said, Artifactory is decent and workable.

• A review of Nexus vs. Artifactory
• Oh my! Of course, here's a SO quesiton about the matter.
• Sonatype does a feature comparison
• jFrog (maker of Artifactory) does a feature comparison