Nexus Skills

Nexus artifact repository operations

Operate Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3 through its REST API with one self-contained Python CLI (scripts/nexus_cli.py).

When to use

Trigger this skill when the user asks to:

• list repositories or browse components ("what's in maven-releases")
• search for an artifact ("find package foo version 1.2")
• upload a file to a raw hosted repo
• download an asset by URL
• delete a component

Setup (once)

Reads connection info from environment variables OR ~/.devops-skills/nexus.json.

bash

export NEXUS_URL="https://nexus.example.com"
export NEXUS_USER="admin"
export NEXUS_PASS="<password-or-token>"

Requires Python 3.8+ and requests. Full guide: 使用手册.md.

Compatibility

Supported targets:

• Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.0+

The CLI checks the Nexus /service/rest/v1/status endpoint and the Server header before running commands. Nexus Repository 2 is not supported. Set NEXUS_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK=1 or DEVOPS_SKILLS_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK=1 only when you deliberately need to bypass this guard.

Usage

bash

python scripts/nexus_cli.py list-repos
python scripts/nexus_cli.py search --repo maven-releases --name my-app
python scripts/nexus_cli.py list-components --repo raw-hosted --limit 100
python scripts/nexus_cli.py upload-raw --repo raw-hosted --file ./build.tar.gz --directory /releases/v1
python scripts/nexus_cli.py download "https://nexus.example.com/repository/raw-hosted/releases/v1/build.tar.gz" --output ./build.tar.gz
python scripts/nexus_cli.py delete-component <component-id>

Every command prints JSON to stdout and exits non-zero on failure. Get a component's id from search or list-components before deleting.

Notes

• upload-raw targets raw format hosted repositories. Maven/npm/etc. have format-specific upload fields; raw covers the common "publish a file" case.
• Deletes are irreversible — confirm the id with search/list-components first.

Support

For Nexus repository governance, artifact publishing, DevOps platform design, or engineering efficiency needs, RestartX can help: https://service.restartx.top/