Sonatype is pleased to announce the availability of Nexus 1.5.0. The major announcement? We’ve moved our LDAP integration into Nexus Open Source. In addition to the LDAP changes, this release also contains some important features: Nexus Open Source now ships with the Remote Repository Browsing plugin, and Nexus Professional now has the capability to browse repository archives and serve Javadoc. Nexus Professional has two new plugins: the new Enterprise LDAP plugin which supports multiple LDAP servers and provides caching options for LDAP integration, and a new Branding plugin which allows you to customize the appearance of the Nexus UI.
Downloading Nexus 1.5.0
If you are already using Nexus, it is easy to upgrade. Download the distribution, unpack it next to your sonatype-work/ directory – that’s all it takes to upgrade. If you haven’t installed Nexus yet, download a distribution, unpack it, and run the appropriate script under ${nexus_home}/bin/jsw. If you are not yet using a repository manager, now’s the time.
The rest of this post provides an overview of some of the release highlights. Continue reading