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Nexus Repository Reference Architecture 2

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This reference architecture describes deployment strategies and system requirements for a single Nexus Repository deployment not exceeding the following specifications:

  • 100,000 max requests per hour

  • 1,000,000 max requests per day

  • External PostgreSQL database

If you don’t fit this profile, please see the reference architecture main page to find the deployment profile that best matches your needs.

Single Instance in VM/EC2/Docker

This reference architecture represents a single instance of Sonatype Nexus Repository deployed in a VM or Docker and using a PostgreSQL database. This architecture is well-suited for growing usage and positioned to scale to larger usage architectures over time.

Minimum System Requirements

These system requirements represent the minimum requirements for workloads that align with this profile's defined HTTP request volumes. Depending on your load testing, increase the available CPUs and RAM to improve your server's stability and performance.

Factors to monitor while testing include fluctuations in request traffic, task configurations, network settings, background processes, and component formats.

Increasing the resources for the PostgreSQL server will have the most impact.

  • Compute

    • 1 Sonatype Nexus Repository node

    • 2 CPU

    • 8GB RAM

    • 200GB+ instance disk size when using local blob storage

  • Database

    • PostgreSQL in a 2-node cluster (version 14+ recommended)

    • 4 CPU per PostgreSQL node

    • 32GB RAM per PostgreSQL node

    • 500GB+ storage for database

Setup Documentation

Use one of our standard single-instance installation methods.