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Nexus Repository Reference Architecture 4

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

  • 2,000,000 max requests per hour

  • 20,000,000 max requests per day

  • External PostgreSQL database

  • High Availability (HA) deployment

  • Sonatype Nexus Repository Pro license

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

High Availability Deployment

This reference architecture represents a multi-instance Sonatype Nexus Repository HA deployment on multiple VMs or Docker instances and using a PostgreSQL database. This architecture is well-suited for larger Engineering organization usage patterns with the ability to handle heavy usage spikes.

Sonatype Nexus Repository HA deployments can be accomplished using any of our HA deployment options.

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System Requirements

  • Compute

    • 5 Sonatype Nexus Repository nodes

    • 8 CPU per Nexus Repository node

    • 32GB RAM per Nexus Repository node

    • 10TB+ instance disk size when using local blob storage

  • Database

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

    • 32 CPU per PostgreSQL node

    • 256GB RAM per PostgreSQL node

    • 1.5TB+ storage for database

Setup Documentation