Specific Use Cases for Nexus
Nexus, a popular software artifacts repository management program has numerous features. For instance, the following are some examples of how Nexus could be applied in the real world.
1. Maven Repository
The Nexus not only acts as the manager for Maven but also aids in the deployment, replication and caching of the Maven artifacts. It is enabled thereby the developers manage dependencies within the organization versions easily, publish artifacts, and share the libraries.
2. NuGet Repository
Nexus is as well compatible with NuGet package manager and as such institutions can have their private NuGet repositories on which the project can rest on .NET package control. Via Nexus developers can mirror public NuGet repositories with NuGet packs, store internal packages as well as control dependencies for .NET projects with NuGet.
3. Yum and Apt Repositories
This helps the teams of the developers who deal with the distributions of Linux to have a central platform for providing software updates and packages.
Nexus Use Cases For Artifact Repository Management
Nexus is where software artifacts are kept, managed, and delivered easily to stakeholders. The repository is the secure and scalable platform for hosting both JAR files, Docker images, npm packages, and other artifacts created in the software development life cycle.