% NEXUS(1) Container Image Pages % Sonatype % December 15, 2017
nexus - Nexus Repository Manager container image
The nexus image provides a containerized packaging of the Nexus Repository Manager. Nexus Repository Manager is a repository manager with universal support for popular component formats including Maven, Docker, NuGet, npm, PyPi, Bower and more.
The nexus image is designed to be run by the atomic command with one of these options:
run
Starts the installed container with selected privileges to the host.
stop
Stops the installed container
The container itself consists of: - Linux base image - Oracle Java JDK - Nexus Repository Manager - Atomic help file
Files added to the container during docker build include: /help.1.
To use the nexus container, you can run the atomic command with run, stop, or uninstall options:
To run the nexus container:
atomic run nexus
To stop the nexus container (after it is installed), run:
atomic stop nexus
The nexus container includes the following LABEL settings:
That atomic command runs the docker command set in this label:
RUN=
LABEL RUN='docker run -d -p 8081:8081 --name ${NAME} ${IMAGE}'
The contents of the RUN label tells an atomic run nexus command to open port 8081 & set the name of the container.
STOP=
LABEL STOP='docker stop ${NAME}'
Name=
The registry location and name of the image. For example, Name="Nexus Repository Manager".
Version=
The Nexus Repository Manager version from which the container was built. For example, Version="3.6.2-01".
When the atomic command runs the nexus container, it reads the command line associated with the selected option from a LABEL set within the Docker container itself. It then runs that command. The following sections detail each option and associated LABEL:
-d
Runs continuously as a daemon process in the background