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Setup self hosted Chocolatey Repository/Proxy on Linux

To host a local repository for Chocolatey either as server for self-hosted packages or as proxy server for any NuGet server/the official chocolatey repository server we use Solartype Nexus3: sonatype.com - Nexus3

Currently not working because of an missing Key-File from Sonatype, this guide is partially outdated. Newer versions require Java13 for running. The only way to install sonatype-nexus-repository-manager is by downloading the .deb file manually from repo.sonatype.com.

Therefore that Nexus3 required Java 8 it's recommended to use a Ubuntu Server (in this case 24) because Ubuntu still serves Java 8 from the official repository which Debian doesn't.

Installation

  1. Download Ubuntu Server from here: ubuntu.com/download/server and install your machine.
  2. Install Java8: 
    sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk
  3. Add Sonatype's APT repository to sources lists: 
    wget -P /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://repo.sonatype.com/repository/community-hosted/deb/sonatype-community.list
  4. Add the repositories key: 
    nano sonatype-apt-repo.key

    And paste the following content: 

    -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
 
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-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
  5. Then update the repositories: 
    sudo apt update
  6. And install Nexus3: 
    sudo apt install nexus-repository-manager
  7. When everything was successful, enter the webservice with http://<ip>:8081/
  8. The password for admin is located under /opt/sonatype/sonatype-work/nexus3/admin.password after entering the password, it's forced to be changed.
    cat /opt/sonatype/sonatype-work/nexus3/admin.password

    The installation of Nexus is now finished!

Setup Repository

NuGet Proxy

To add a new NuGet (Chocolatey) repository proxy add a new nuget (proxy). To proxy the official Chocolatey repository add the following URL as URL: 

https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/

Finally save the proxy repository.

NuGet Hosted

If the repository should also host packages locally add a new nuget (hosted).

This section will be extended later.

NuGet Group

To make the proxy-repository and all local hosted packages available through one URL, add a nuget-group on the repository tab. Then add both nuget-proxy and nuget-hosted to the group.

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