Support for composer plugin

[Vetrenik]

Hello, everyone!

Is there any plans to bring support for composer plugin?

https://github.com/sonatype-nexus-community/nexus-repository-composer

[brianveltman]

This can already be installed with the current version of the role.
All you need to do is build the plugin according to their instructions: https://github.com/sonatype-nexus-community/nexus-repository-composer?tab=readme-ov-file#easiest-install

Once you have the .kar file available you can install it into your Nexus using this role and this variable:

nexus_plugin_urls:
  - "{{ nexus_plugin_base_url }}/nexus/nexus-repository-terraform-0.0.8-bundle.kar"

nexus_plugin_base_url is in our case an internal file hosting service. But this can be any http/https url, even Nexus itself, but be aware Nexus has to restart during the installation process, so you can not host the plugin on the same instance you want to install it on, unless you're in a HA setup.

Just a note: This role has moved to a collection: https://github.com/CloudKrafter/nexus-ansible-collection/tree/main/roles/nexus_oss

Instructions on how to use the collection see:
https://github.com/CloudKrafter/nexus-ansible-collection/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v190---2024-11-24