Using Nexus as feature repository

Question

Is there a way to add a secured Nexus repository as feature repository to Apache Karaf?

I tried to run the command:

karaf@root()> feature:repo-add http://<user>:<password>@<my-repository>

But I get the following error:

Adding feature url http://<user>:<password>@<my-repository> Error executing command: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://<user>:<password>@<my-repository>

I'm using Apache Karaf 3.0.0.

Thanks, Mickael

Answer 1

The solution is simple.

Install Maven on the server on which Karaf is running and configure it. Generally, you will configure it through the file settings.xml present in ~/.m2 . The credentials for accessing the Nexus repository are indicated in the file.

Finally, instead of using an HTTP URL for referencing your feature, use a Maven URL of the form:

mvn:<groupId>/<artifactId>/<version>/xml/features

The feature will be resolved through Maven.

Answer 2

您可以将自己的 Maven 存储库添加到org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.repositories 。

1. config:edit org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn
2. config:property-set org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.repositories http://your.nexus.repo/here
3. config:update