Private Artifact Repository

This section describes how to set up a private Maven repository and use it instead of the Jmix public repositories for caching the framework artifacts and their transitive dependencies. It is recommended in the following cases:

  • You are not going to prolong your Enterprise subscription to Jmix commercial add-ons, but you need to be able to build your application in the future using the downloaded version of the artifacts.

  • You have an unstable or slow connection to the internet. Despite the fact that Gradle caches downloaded artifacts on the developer’s machine, you may need to connect to the artifact repository from time to time, for example when you run build for the first time or switch to a newer version of the framework.

Installing Repository Manager

First, install and run the repository manager on a computer located in your network.

The instructions below assume that the computer works under Linux operating system.

  1. Download Nexus OSS repository manager from https://help.sonatype.com/repomanager3/product-information/download/download-archives---repository-manager-3 and unpack it to the ~/work/nexus folder.

  2. Download JDK 8 (for example from https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/?version=8) and unpack it to the ~/work/jdk8 folder.

  3. Open the ~/.bashrc file in a text editor and add the following line:

    export INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME=/home/$USER/work/jdk8

    The INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME variable pointing to the JDK 8 installation folder is needed to run the Nexus repository manager.

  4. Open the terminal, go to the ~/work/nexus/nexus-<version>/bin folder and execute:

    ./nexus run

  5. Open http://localhost:8081 in your web browser.

  6. Click Sign in in the top right corner.

  7. Enter with admin username and the password stored in the ~/work/nexus/sonatype-work/nexus3/admin.password file.

  8. Change the password.

  9. On the Configure Anonymous Access step, enable anonymous access to the repository. It will simplify the project configuration.

Creating Jmix Proxy Repositories

After the repository manager is up and running, configure proxy repositories using its web interface.

  1. Go to the administration section ("gear" icon on top) and open the Repositories menu.

  2. Create proxy for the public Jmix repository:

    • Click Create repository button.

    • Select maven2 (proxy) type.

    • Fill in the fields:

      • Name: jmix-public-proxy

      • Version policy: Mixed

      • Remote storage: https://global.repo.jmix.io/repository/public

    • Click Create repository button at the bottom of the page.

  3. Create proxy for the premium Jmix repository:

    • Click Create repository button.

    • Select maven2 (proxy) type.

    • Fill in the fields:

      • Name: jmix-premium-proxy

      • Version policy: Mixed

      • Remote storage: https://global.repo.jmix.io/repository/premium

      • In the HTTP section, enable Authentication and enter the first part of your Enterprise subscription license key (before dash) in the Username field and the second part of your license key (after dash) in the Password field. For example, if the key is 111111222222-abcdefabcdef, then the username is 111111222222 and the password is abcdefabcdef.

    • Click Create repository button at the bottom of the page.

  4. Create a group to access both proxy repositories using a single URL:

    • Click Create repository button.

    • Select maven2 (group) type.

    • Fill in the fields:

      • Name: jmix-proxy

      • Version policy: Mixed

      • In Group → Member repositories, move jmix-public-proxy and jmix-premium-proxy to the Members list.

    • Click Create repository button at the bottom of the page.

Configuring Jmix Project

In the build.gradle file of your project, replace the repositories section with the following code:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
        allowInsecureProtocol true
        url 'http://localhost:8081/repository/jmix-proxy'
    }
}

Use the real name of the host where the artifact repository is running instead of localhost.