Nexus connector settings reference
This topic provides settings and permissions for the Nexus connector.
Nexus permissions required
The user account associated with the connector must have the following permissions in the Nexus Server:
- Repo: All repositories (Read)
- Nexus UI: Repository Browser
- If using Nexus 3 as a Docker repo, the account also needs a role with the
nx-repository-view-*_*_*privilege.
For more information, go to the Sonatype documentation on Managing Nexus security.
Artifact type support
Legend:
- M - Metadata. This includes Docker image and registry information. For AMI, this means AMI ID-only.
- Blank - Not supported.
| Docker Image(Kubernetes/Helm) | AWS AMI | AWS CodeDeploy | AWS Lambda | JAR | RPM | TAR | WAR | ZIP | PCF | IIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | M |
Docker support
Nexus 3 Artifact Servers only.
Nexus Artifact Server settings
The Harness Nexus Artifact server connects your Harness account to your Nexus artifact resources. It has the following settings.
Name, Description, and Tags
The unique name for this connector.
Harness creates an Id (Entity Identifier) based on the name. You can change the Id while creating the connector. Once saved, the Id can't be changed, but you can change the Name.
Description and Tags are optional.
Nexus Repository URL
The URL that you use to connect to your Nexus server. For example, https://nexus3.dev.mycompany.io/repository/your-repo-name.
Version
The supported Nexus version, 3.x.
For Nexus 3.x, Harness supports only the Docker repository format as the artifact source.
Credentials
The username and password for the Nexus account to use for this connector.
For the password, select a Harness text secret.
Nexus Artifact Details settings
Repository URL
The URL you would use in the Docker login to fetch the artifact. This is the same as the domain name and port you use for docker login hostname:port.
Repository Port
The port you use for docker login hostname:port.
As a best practice, include the scheme and port. For example, https://your-repo:443. If you cannot locate the scheme, you may omit it. For example, your-repo:18080.
For more information, go to the following Sonatype documentation:
- Docker Repository Configuration and Client Connection
- Using Nexus 3 as Your Repository - Part 3: Docker Images
Repository
Name of the repository where the artifact is located.
Artifact Path
The name of the artifact you want to deploy. For example, nginx, private/nginx, or public/org/nginx.
The repository and artifact path must not begin or end with /.
Tag
Select a tag from the list.