Menu
We are using Nexus to deploy our snapshot artifacts. Our build server deploys them during each build using the following command: mvn deploy. As result on each build the newer version of the artifact is deployed. The problem that already about dozens of artifacts are deployed to the repository and of course we need only the last artifact. Is any way to limit number of deployed snapshots artifacts in Nexus? Thanks for your help, Michael
339
When deployed, the snapshot is turned into a timestamp. By definition, snapshots are mutable, releases are immutable. This is why Nexus makes you store them separately because usually you don't care if you lose snapshots, but you will care if you lose releases.
Nexus is a repository manager that stores “artifacts”, which allows you to proxy collect and manage your dependencies, making it easy to distribute your software.
First you have to define a cleanup policy. Then you have to attach the cleanup policy to one or more repositories. The “Cleanup repositories using their associated policies” task will then execute the cleanup policies. The documentation about Cleanup Policies can be found here.
Create a scheduled task to purge out old snapshots.
The following links describe the functionality:
You can configure the task to always keep a minimum number of artifacts. It's very flexible.
The only "gotcha" in Version 2 of the Repository Manager, is that you'll need to also run a second task, Empty Trash, in order to claim back the disk space. For Version 3 you will need to run Compact blob store to ensure that the deletion will return the disk space. See docs above.
117
If you have the administrator access in Nexus Then,
Login to Nexus.
Browse to Administration.
Go to scheduled Tasks.
You can add the task : Remove Old Snapshots.
Select task type as Remove Snapshots from repository.
You can define Minimum Snapshot count or Snapshot retention as needed.
34
I suspect not. http://weblogs.java.net/blog/johnsmart/archive/2010/01/03/tale-two-repository-managers-nexus-and-artifactory-compared-and-co
Artifactory [...] also lets you limit the number of snapshots per artifact for each repository.
This is said in contradiction to Nexus.
34
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With
