The Nexus 1.7.2 release offers an improved search interface making it even easier to locate the libraries and artifacts you need in Nexus. Sonatype has published a version of Nexus 1.7.2 on http://repository.sonatype.org which contains some dramatic improvements to the search interface. Download the new Nexus Open Source or Nexus Professional release and start searching for artifacts.
What is new in the Nexus 1.7.2 search interface?
Search results now link directly to the latest version of a matching artifact.
Selecting a search result immediately displays information about the matching artifact. You can browse artifact information from the search interface.
(Nexus Professional) Archive browsing and artifact metadata are available from the search interface.
Matching artifacts of different types (pom, jar, war, zip, etc.) can be downloaded from the search results page.
With the 1.7.1 release Nexus Professional now supports multi-level staging and build promotion. With our existing staging plugin, you can release build artifacts to a temporary staging repository to allow for testing and certification before making a final decision to release artifacts to a hosted repository. With multi-level staging, you can add additional steps to your release process. If you need multiple levels of testing or validation, you can now define both staging profiles and “build promotion” profiles.
When you stage an artifact in Nexus Professional, Nexus creates a temporary staging repository and exposes staged artifacts in a repository group. When you promote a staging repository with a build promotion profile, you can configure Nexus to add promoted artifacts to additional repository groups.
The following demonstration video was shown in the Sonatype booth at last month’s Jfokus 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. This video provides a quick walkthrough of the major features in Nexus Scheduled Jobs.
The following demonstration video was displayed in the Sonatype booth at last month’s Jfokus 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. This video provides a quick walk through of the System Feed and Log file UI available in Nexus. Read more…
The following, audio-less demonstration video was used at our booth at Jfokus 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. It is a brief walkthrough of some of the major features of Nexus Proxy repositories. If you are evaluation Nexus, this is a chance to see Nexus UI in action.
Highlights of this demonstration reel:
Time (M:SS)
Note
0:30
Browsing a Proxy repository’s Nexus Index – if you’ve configured your Nexus proxy repository to download a remote index, you can use the Browse Index tab to browse the contents of the remote repository.
0:42
Browsing artifact information
0:49
Browsing local storage
1:08
Browsing Artifact Metadata
1:19
Browsing Archive Contents (Nx Pro Only)
1:30
Proxy Repository Configuration screen walkthrough
2:21
Mirror configuration – selection which mirrors to download artifacts from. Nexus downloads security hashes and signatures from the canonical repository.
2:36
Repository Summary information panel
2:45
Browsing a remote repository with the Nexus RRB plugin.
Nexus gives you control over the repositories your builds interact with. It can also provide you with an easier way to publish, distribute, and manage the software applications you create. You can get started by downloading Nexus Professional and reading the free Nexus book.
