README.md

Summary

This Jenkins Plugin adds additional metadata to artifacts that are deployed to Nexus repository (Sonatype). It makes use of features from Nexus Professional.

This source code is part of a tutorial that you can find here:
http://blog.codecentric.de/en/2012/08/tutorial-create-a-jenkins-plugin-to-integrate-jenkins-and-nexus-repository/

Installation

git@github.com:marcelbirkner/nexus-metadata-plugin.git
cd nexus-metadata-plugin
mvn clean package

Requirements

• Jenkins CI Server
• Nexus Pro (Sonatype)
• Nexus Metadata Plugin

Maven Dependencies

After unpacking Nexus Pro you should find the nexus-custom-metadata-plugin-2.0.6.jar file under the optional-plugins. Take that JAR file and add it to your local Maven Repository or to your Nexus installation.

• Directory: nexus-professional-trial-2.0.6-bundle\nexus-professional-trial-2.0.6\nexus\WEB-INF\optional-plugins\nexus-custom-metadata-plugin-2.0.6\nexus-custom-metadata-plugin-2.0.6\

mvn install:install-file 
  -Dfile=nexus-custom-metadata-plugin.jar 
  -DgroupId=org.sonatype.nexus 
  -DartifactId=nexus-custom-metadata-plugin-client 
  -Dversion=1.0

Updates

(05/2013): The latest versions of Nexus do not have the nexus-custom-metadata-plugin Jar file any more. Please use Nexus Pro version 2.0.6 in case you want to try out this source code.