Nexus Proxy Repositories: Video Walkthrough of Major Features
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 Hosted Repositories: Video Walkthrough of Major Features
This demonstration video was used at our booth at last month’s Jfokus 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. It provides a quick, audio-less overview of some of the major features of Nexus Hosted repositories:
Highlights of this demonstration reel:
| Time (M:SS) | Notes |
|---|---|
| 0:29 | List of default hosted repositories. Nexus ships with three hosted repositories: releases, snapshots, and 3rd party. |
| 0:45 | Artifact Upload – Nexus allows you to upload artifacts or collections of related artifacts under the same GAV to a hosted repository. |
| 1:30 | Browsing storage – When you browse storage for a hosted repository, you are browsing the contents that are stored locally in the Nexus instance. |
| 1:45 | Browsing archives – this is a feature that is available in Nexus Professional. Just click on an archive under Browse Storage and Nexus will open up a Browse Archive tab. |
| 1:57 | Browsing the repository index – each repository in Nexus is associated with an index. This Nexus index allows tools like Nexus and m2eclipse to quickly locate artifacts in a repository. |
| 2:05 | Manipulating Artifact Metadata – you can modify, view, and search repository metadata that is associated with each repository artifact. |
| 2:13 | Custom Metadata – you can define your own custom metadata |
| 2:40 | Walkthrough of the Nexus Hosted Repository configuration options. |
| 3:05 | Defining available mirrors for Hosted Repositories |
| 3:23 | Hosted repository summary information |
| 3:35 | Searching custom metadata |
Partitioning Nexus Repositories: Video Overview and Demonstration
This video is a follow-up to Juven Xu’s post from this morning,
How to Partition Nexus Repositories: Targets, Privileges, and Roles. It provides some motivation and quick demonstration of how repositories are partitioned on http://oss.sonatype.org.
Nexus Open Source Security: Video Walkthrough of Major Features
This video was used as a demonstration reel at January’s Jfokus 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. It provides a useful walk through of the major features of Nexus Security, including user roles, groups, and privileges. If you are new to Nexus, or if you are evaluating the tool, this five minute video gives you an overview of the UI used to manage Nexus Open Source security.
Browsing Archives and Javadoc: Nexus and m2eclipse
The following video is a demonstration of archive browsing and Javadoc browsing in Nexus Professional 1.5.0. This video also demonstrates the use of m2eclipse to retrieve source and Javadoc JARs from a repository manager.
