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Nexus Book Update: Now Available From Lulu

Written by Tim OBrien | November 03, 2009

 Lulu is an on-demand printing service, so orders will take around 3-5 days to complete. We've decided to start distributing the book at the lowest price possible to ensure that anyone can get their hands on a copy.

Let us know if having a printed version is important to you, and also contact us if you have any requests or comments about the printed product.

1.1. Changes in Edition 1.7.1

The following changes were introduced in Edition 1.7.1 on November 2, 2009:

  • Updated version of Nexus and Nexus Pro to 1.4.0

1.2. Changes in Edition 1.7

The following changes were introduced in Edition 1.7 on September 28, 2009:

  • Updated Information about Roles and Privileges. (NXBOOK-290)

    • Updated Figure , "Managing Security Privileges"
    • Updated Figure , "Managing Security Privileges"
    • Updated Figure 5.23, "Create, Delete, Read, and Update Privileges Created"
    • Updated Figure 5.26, "Managing Security Roles"
    • Updated Figure , "Managing Security Roles"
    • Updated Figure , "Managing Security Roles"
    • Updated Figure 5.29, "Managing Security Roles"
    • Added Figure 5.30, "Managing Users"
    • Added Figure 5.31, "Nexus User Role Tree"
    • Added Figure 5.32, "Nexus User Privilege Trace"
    • Updated Section 5.1.6.4, "Managing Users"
    • Updated Section 5.1.6.3, "Managing Security Roles"
    • Updated Section 5.1.6.1, "Managing Privileges"

  • Updated repository configuration section

    • Updated Figure 5.9, "Repository Configuration Screen for a Proxy Repository"
    • Updated Figure 5.10, "Repository Configuration Screen for a Proxy Repository"
    • Added information about the Publish URL setting to Section 5.1.2, "Managing Repositories." (NXBOOK-291)
    • Added Figure 5.11, "Proxy Configuration Access Settings for a Hosted Repository"
    • Added information about "Deployment Policy" to Section 5.1.2, "Managing Repositories." (NXBOOK-292)
    • Updated the SMTP settings screenshot to include the Test
      Settings button. (NXBOOK-326)

  • Added a section about the automated error reporting feature (NXBOOK-294)

    • Added Figure 5.5, "Configuring the Automated Error Reporting"
    • Added Figure 5.6, "The Sonatype Issue Tracker"
    • Added Figure 5.7, "Signing Up for a Sonatype Issue Tracker Account"
    • Added documentation of the feature to Section 5.1.1.1, "Configuring Automated Error Reporting Settings"

  • Added a section about the Repository Summary Panel (NXBOOK-297)

    • Added Figure 5.14, "Repository Summary Panel for a Hosted Repository"
    • Added Figure 5.15, "Repository Summary Panel for a Proxy Repository"
    • Added Figure 5.16, "Repository Summary Panel for a Virtual Repository"
    • Added documentation of feature to Section 5.1.2.3, "Viewing Repository Summary Panel"

  • Added a section about Staging Rulesets (NXBOOK-303)

    • Added Figure 9.8, "Creating a Staging Ruleset"
    • Added documentation of feature to Section 9.6.1, "Managing Staging Rulesets"
    • Updated Section 9.3.3, "Configuring Staging Profiles" to
      include information about associating Rulesets with Staging
      Profiles
    • Added Figure, "Associating a Staging Ruleset with a Staging Profile"
    • Added instructions for associating rulesets to profiles in
      Section 9.6.2, "Defining Rulesets for Promotion"

  • Added information about browsing a repository index

    • Updated text in Section 4.2, "Browsing Repositories"
    • Added Figure 4.3, "Browsing a Nexus Repository Index"
    • Updated Figure 4.2, "Browsing a Nexus Repository"
    • Updated text in Section 4.3, "Browsing Groups"
    • Added Figure 4.5, "Browsing a Nexus Group Index"
    • Updated Figure 4.4, "Browsing a Nexus Group"

  • Document new version notification settings (NXBOOK-325)

    • Added Figure 5.8, "New Version Notification Settings"
    • Added documentation for feature to Section 5.1.1.2, "New Version Notification"

  • Added a new chapter Chapter 17, Nexus Best Practices. (NXBOOK-64)

  • Added Chapter 14, User Account Plugin (NXBOOK-305)

  • Added Chapter 15, Nexus Atlassian Crowd Plugin. (NXBOOK-313)

  • Added Chapter 16, Artifact Bundles. (NXBOOK-309)

  • Added a new chapter Chapter 13, Deploying Sites to Nexus. (NXBOOK-306)

  • Added a new chapter Chapter 18, Developing Nexus Plugins. (NXBOOK-336)

  • Updated Figure 5.4, "Configuring PGP Keyserver Preferences," to include an updated list of keyservers. (NXBOOK-316)

  • Updating Screenshots in Chapter 9, Nexus Staging Suite. (NXBOOK-308)

    • Updated Figure 9.3, "*Enterprise Menu after Staging Suite Installation."
    • Updated Figure 9.6, "Editing a Staging Profile."
    • Updated Figure 9.7, "Uploading a Staged Deployment in Nexus."

  • Removed the list of Application Privileges from Section 5.1.6.1, "Managing Privileges."

  • Added a clarification about the SASL Realm option to Section 7.3, "Connection and Authentication." (NXBOOK-307)

  • Fixed a problem with a label in Section 1.1, "Introduction." (NXBOOK-219)

  • Added Linux trademark attribution to Copyright. (NXBOOK-321)

  • Changed all references to Linux to GNU/Linux. (NXBOOK-322)

  • Documented the new RSS feed for Errors and Exceptions in Section 4.6, "Browsing System Feeds." (NXBOOK-287)

  • Fixing typos from proofread of the Edition 1.6 PDF:

    • Fixed various spelling and grammar errors on page 78 in Section 4.3, "Browsing Groups" and Section 4.4, "Searching for Artifacts." (NXBOOK-221)

    • Fixed sentence structure issue on page 77 in Section 4.2, "Browsing Repositories." (NXBOOK-222)

    • Fixed a hyphenation issue in the first sentence of the
      first paragraph of Section 4.2, "Browsing Repositories" on page 76. (NXBOOK-223)

    • Removed extra comma from third sentence of first paragraph of Section 3.5, "Adding a Repository to a Group" on page 72. (NXBOOK-224)

    • Fixed a that/which in the fourth sentence of the first paragraph of Section 3.4, "Adding a New Repository" on page 71. Fixed a spelling issue in the last sentence of the same paragraph.(NXBOOK-225)

    • Separated sentence in the conf/ entry, indexer/ entry, and logs/ entry on page 61 in Section 2.10.1, "Sonatype Nexus Work Directory." (NXBOOK-232)

    • Fixed a grammar issue in the first sentence of the note on page 57 in Section 2.8, "Installing the Nexus WAR." NXBOOK-233)

    • Fixed grammar issues in the last paragraph of Section 2.6.1.1, "Add Nexus as a Service on Red Hat, Fedora, and CentOS" on page 55.
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