Maven Internal Repository, Is it Really This Hard?

Question

I have several projects which use Maven and I would like to run an internal repository on my work network. I have several libraries which are from third parties and cannot b

Answer 1

I have only worked with Nexus, but I found it very easy to install:

1. Go to http://www.sonatype.org/nexus/go to download the OSS version
2. Get the 'WAR' distribution
3. Install the servlet in my installation of Tomcat, via the Web Application Manager

At that point, I can visit http://myserver:8080/nexus to see everything working.

For a superficial setup, I add the default password to my settings.xml:

    
            
                    my-snapshots
                    admin
                    admin123
            
            
                    my-releases
                    admin
                    admin123
            
    

and in my POM file:

    
            
                    my-snapshots
                    My internal repository
                    http://myserver:8080/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots
            
            
                    my-releases
                    My internal repository
                    http://myserver:8080/nexus/content/repositories/releases
            
    

To go beyond this, the learning curve jumps up quite a bit, but I found Sonatype's online books to be pretty good. Repository Management with Nexus is the one for understanding what you can do with the repository server. The only thing I found tricky is that some of the info applies only to their commercial software and they don't work too hard to advertise the difference.