To use Nexus, you will configure Maven to check Nexus instead of the public repositories. To do this, you'll need to edit your mirror settings in your ~/.m2/settings.xml file. First, we're going to demonstrate how to configure Maven to consult your Nexus installation instead of retrieving artifacts directly from the Maven Central repository. After we override the central repository and demonstrate that Nexus is working, we'll circle back to provide a more sensible set of settings that will cover both releases and snapshots.