Nexus can be configured to automatically file exception and error reports with the Nexus project in the Sonatype issue tracker. Activating this setting in your own Nexus installation helps to improve Nexus as the development team will receive automatic error reports if your Nexus instance experiences an error or a failure. The Nexus Server configuration's Automated Error Reporting Settings section is shown in Figure 6.5, “Configuring the Automated Error Reporting”. This section accepts a JIRA username and password, and allows you to configure Nexus to use the default HTTP Proxy Settings when Nexus attempts to file an error report with the Sonatype issue tracker.

To sign up for an account on the Sonatype JIRA instance, go to http://issues.sonatype.org. Once you see the website shown in Figure 6.6, “The Sonatype Issue Tracker”, click on the "Signup" link below the Login form.

Fill out the signup form shown in Figure 6.7, “Signing Up for a Sonatype Issue Tracker Account”, and choose a username and password. This is the username and password you should use in the Automated Error Reporting Settings section of the Server configuration shown in Figure 6.5, “Configuring the Automated Error Reporting”.