Build private maven repo using Docker

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I have jar files for my web application. I need to have those dependency jars in my local maven repository so that I can use them in my applications. It would be nice to run the local maven repo as a container in my development machine.

If you intent to use it only on local machine, then what's wrong with `~/.m2/repository` ? I can't image what improvement would be to have it in container — rkosegi, Jul 09 '18 at 12:21
nexus is available as a docker instance. Very easy to get started with. — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, Jul 09 '18 at 16:30
Instead of running a docker container. Using a maven repository in the cloud might be easy. I use https://repsy.io for this purpose — Fırat Küçük, Jun 04 '20 at 19:59

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 09 '18 at 12:19

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The usual approach (at least for companies) is:

Run a Nexus/Artifactory on a company server that holds internal and external artifacts.
Have a settings.xml that points to that Nexus.

The local repository is then only a cache for your Nexus, no need to run any containers.

answered Jul 09 '18 at 12:19

J Fabian Meier

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Will I be able to run Artifactory in a container – Santhosh Tpixler Jul 09 '18 at 12:23
Never tried, but https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/RTF/Installing+with+Docker – J Fabian Meier Jul 09 '18 at 12:30
Running [Nexus OSS](https://hub.docker.com/r/sonatype/nexus3/#running) is match easier as it can be done using single container. Artifactory need more of them (if I remember correctly, it needs other for database) – rkosegi Jul 09 '18 at 12:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 23 '20 at 18:26

I know this an old post, but we've been maintaining an easy-to-use Apache Archiva image for quite some time now. You should try it out if you're looking for something with a very small footprint that is easy to get running.

Archiva certainly isn't the most feature-rich maven repo out there, but it's dead simple, free, and you can run it in k8s quite easily.

That said, I agree with @fırat-kÜÇÜk. Unless you need to self host your maven repo, you really should just use a cloud hosted product. There's nothing easier than a subscription service.

Build private maven repo using Docker

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