I have a non-Java project that produces a versioned build artifact, and I want to upload this to a Nexus repository. Because the project isn't Java, it doesn't use Maven for builds. And I'd rather not introduce Maven/POM files just to get files into Nexus.
The links on blogs to the Nexus REST API all end up at a sign-in wall, with no "create user" link that I can see.
So, what's the best (or any reasonable) way to upload build artifacts to a Nexus repository without Maven? "bash + curl" would be great, or even a Python script.
Have you considering using the Maven command-line to upload files?
mvn deploy:deploy-file \
-Durl=$REPO_URL \
-DrepositoryId=$REPO_ID \
-DgroupId=org.myorg \
-DartifactId=myproj \
-Dversion=1.2.3 \
-Dpackaging=zip \
-Dfile=myproj.zip
This will automatically generate the Maven POM for the artifact.
The following Sonatype article states that the "deploy-file" maven plugin is the easiest solution, but it also provides some examples using curl: