Setup a Nexus Repository Manager locally

1. Create a persistent data directory mkdir -p ${HOME}/workspace/nexus-data
2. Create a docker-compose.yml.

version: "3.8"
  services:
    nexus:
        restart: always
        image: sonatype/nexus
        volumes:
            - ${HOME}/workspace/nexus-data:/sonatype-work

NOTE: restart: always is useful. Docker instances will automatically start after computer reboot. 3. Run docker-compose -d up. 4. Create proxy type of Repositories for

5. Creating/Updating your ~/.gradle/gradle.properties

nexus.mirror.url=127.0.0.1/nexus/contents/group/public

6. Replace your ~/.m2/settings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
  <mirrors>
    <mirror>
      <id>local-public</id>
      <name>Dante Sun Public</name>
      <url>http://127.0.0.1:8081/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
      <mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf>
    </mirror>
  </mirrors>
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>local-nexus</id>
      <repositories>
        <repository>
          <id>localhost</id>
          <url>http://127.0.0.1:8081/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
           <releases>
              <enabled>true</enabled>
           </releases>
           <snapshots>
              <enabled>true</enabled>
              <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
           </snapshots>
        </repository>
      </repositories>
      <pluginRepositories>
        <pluginRepository>
          <id>localhost</id>
          <url>http://127.0.0.1:8081/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
        </pluginRepository>
      </pluginRepositories>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
  <activeProfiles>
      <activeProfile>local-nexus</activeProfile>
   </activeProfiles>
</settings>