Downloding dependencies from password protected Nexus repository using a local proxy

Question

I'm using IntelliJ and I'm working with JAR libraries sitting behind a password protected Nexus repository. I frequently need to inspect sources, but IntelliJ fails to find them because (it seems) it doesn't support password protected repos (at least, it failed when I attempted to add it using Build Tools -> Maven -> Repositories, not asking for a password).

If there any workaround?

After some research I learned that I could run a local Nexus instance on my machine set it up in a way that proxies the corporate Nexus... but that seems overkill. Is there any a simple proxy I can install? Alternatively: if I code a simple http server that will just forward requests adding the http auth headers, would that work?

Some clarifications:

• The projects I'm working with are using Scala/SBT. I've tried adding the Ivy plugin to Idea, with no success.
• The password protected repository is set up in m2/settings.xml (password encrypted using settings-security.xml). Maven can use it without problems. I've instructed IntelliJ to use the same settings.xml configuration, but that didn't work. It seems that the code that tries to automatically download sources tries only the Nexus repositories in Build Tools -> Maven -> Repositories.

Answer 1

You should create a .m2/settings.xml file with repository config. IntelliJ respects these settings.

See also: https://maven.apache.org/settings.html and specifically https://maven.apache.org/settings.html#Servers