How to install plugins in v3?

rseddon · August 9, 2019, 5:47pm

If the plugin has been built as a KAR file you can just drop the file into $install-dir/deploy and it will be automatically unpacked and deployed. KAR files are like the old “plugin bundles” in Nexus Repo 2, they contain the plugin jar as well as its dependencies and a feature file that describes the plugin.

Assuming the plugin project uses org.sonatype.nexus.plugins:nexus-plugins as its parent then you can use the buildKar Maven profile when building the plugin to make a deployable KAR file.

mvn -PbuildKar clean install

Note that KAR file support was added in version 3.15.0 of Nexus Repo.

Reference:

github.com

sonatype/nexus-public/blob/release-3.15.0-01/plugins/pom.xml#L359


    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>


<profiles>
  <profile>
    <!--
    Activate this profile to create a deployable Karaf archive (KAR) for your plugin
    -->
    <id>buildKar</id>
    <build>
      <pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId>
            <artifactId>karaf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <executions>
              <execution>