Using Nexus Repository manager as binary cache server¶

Hunter allows to upload binary cache to any server. If you want to use GitHub as a cache server, then you can execute python script which is uploading cache binaries to GitHub directly. As an alternative you can also use Nexus Repository Manager.

Nexus installation¶

In order to install and configure Nexus Repository Manager, please follow official documentation. There is also possibility do download docker images where Nexus Repository Manager is already installed:

Nexus adding, configuring and managing repositories¶

To create new or manage existing repository follow this links:

Uploading cache binaries to Nexus¶

The simplest way to upload local cache binaries to Nexus server is by using cURL:

$ cd hunter/_Base/Cache/meta
$ CACHE_REPOSITORY_URL="http://my.nexus.server.com/content/repositories/hunter/cache"
$ find ./ -type f -exec curl -u nexuser:nexpwd --upload-file "{}" "$CACHE_REPOSITORY_URL/meta/{}"
$ cd ../raw
$ find ./ -type f -exec curl -u nexuser:nexpwd --upload-file "{}" "$CACHE_REPOSITORY_URL/raw/{}"

Configuring Hunter to use Nexus¶

Set HUNTER_CACHE_SERVERS variable before HunterGate to configure Hunter to use Nexus server:

set(
    HUNTER_CACHE_SERVERS
    "http://my.nexus.server.com/content/repositories/hunter/cache"
    CACHE
    STRING
    "Hunter cache servers"
)

HunterGate(URL "..." SHA1 "...")