Running a Maven Private Repository with Nexus
Why host your own repository As teams grow, pulling everything from Maven Central slows builds and wastes bandwidth. A Nexus-backed private repository solves this by caching dependencies, hosting internal artifacts, and letting you proxy regional mirrors for a smoother developer experience. Install Nexus 3 Download Nexus OSS 3.7+ (requires JDK 17). Unpack it and note two key paths: nexus-3.77.1-01/ # application binaries sonatype-work/nexus3/ # data and config Control the service with: ...