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.

See also

Why binaries from server not used?

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 Repository Manager 2
• Nexus Repository Manager 3

Nexus adding, configuring and managing repositories

To create new or manage existing repository follow this links:

• Adding a new repository
• Managing repositories
• Configuring repositories

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

To configure Hunter to use Nexus server, you must perform the following step:

list(APPEND HUNTER_CACHE_SERVERS "http://my.nexus.server.com/content/repositories/hunter/cache")