Nexus Repo gives 503 with Maven but not with browser

Question

I just created a Nexus repo on a remote server. If I go to a browser on my local computer I see the pom file just fine. However, when I try mvn clean compile I see...

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Answer 1

Problem was related to the proxy...

When I configured the proxy in my Settings.xml it worked great for external sites, however, it screwed up internal sites (like my nexus repo). So I removed the proxy from my settings.xml, added it to my nexus server, and then mirrored the central repo to my nexus version of central repo.

Now everything works as expected...