Modify/set admin password in nexus3 sonatype via helm chart

Sonatype Nexus Repository
1

Have anyone tried of setting admin password via helm chart ?

I tried below seems like not working .

helm install my-nexus sonatype/nexus --set nexus.security.adminPassword=myDesiredPassword
2

Where did you find this property? Checking our source I don’t see this particular property.

You should be able to use an environment variable NEXUS_SECURITY_INITIAL_PASSWORD containing the password which will only work for the first time Nexus is started.

3

I did add env variable “NEXUS_SECURITY_INITIAL_PASSWORD” in helm values.yaml . This is not working for me. Appreciate your response . Thanks

nexus:
  env:
    - name: NEXUS_SECURITY_INITIAL_PASSWORD
      value: "#####"
4

Hello Richard,

Could you also try adding the following in conjunction with the above:

  - name: NEXUS_SECURITY_RANDOMPASSWORD
   value: "false"
5

Alternatively, try the following:

helm install my-nexus sonatype/nexus \
--set secret.nexusAdminSecret.enabled=true \
--set secret.nexusAdminSecret.adminPassword=myDesiredPassword
6

Hi @laurencet , Thanks much .
But either of your solutions are not working for setting up admin pwd while bootstrapping nexus oss instance. :confounded:
I believe secret.nexus* only works incase of nxrm-ha .

7

Hello everyone, I am also trying to figure out how to set the initial admin password in the nexus3 helm chart (Chart Version 61.0.2). Any chance on adding this to the non HA version?

8

The default login is randomized and can be found in /nexus-data/admin.password or you can get the initial static passwords (admin/admin123) by setting the environment variable NEXUS_SECURITY_RANDOMPASSWORD to false in your values.yaml.

Its worth noting that this helm chart has being depreciated because:

Deploying Nexus Repository in containers with an embedded database has been known to corrupt the database under some circumstances.

If you’re a Pro customer we recommend using an external PostgreSQL database if deploying in a containerised deployment.