Sonatype Nexus Repository 3.77.0 Release Notes

As of version 3.77.0, the free edition of Nexus Repository is now called Sonatype Nexus Repository Community Edition. To learn more about why Sonatype is making this change, read this message from our founder.

Community Edition is designed to deliver robust repository management for individual users and small teams. Upgrading to 3.77.0 unlocks powerful new features, including access to previously Pro-only formats, seamless integration with containerized environments like Kubernetes, and more. Community Edition does also include some usage limitations. To learn more, see the Community Edition onboarding documentation.

You can upgrade directly to 3.77.0 from versions 3.71.0 and later. If you’re on an earlier version, see our upgrading documentation for getting to 3.71.0 and beyond. Accept the updated Community Edition End User License Agreement (EULA) either through the onboarding wizard or our new EULA REST API to complete the upgrade.

As AI/ML adoption continues to surge, managing and distributing these powerful models efficiently becomes crucial. Now you can harness the power of pre-trained models while maintaining control and efficiency by proxying Hugging Face models directly within Nexus Repository.

This new feature brings the following benefits:

To optimize performance, we recommend using an NFS/EFS/Azure file storage for your Hugging Face repositories. While this release focuses on proxying Hugging Face models, support for datasets and spaces is planned for future releases. See our Hugging Face help documentation for full details.

You can now configure the Automatic Malware Management task (introduced in release 3.76.0) to automatically remove the malware identified within your configured proxy repositories. This enhancement improves repository security by streamlining the removal of components containing malware, reducing the risk of exposure. The task works alongside Repository Firewall, which proactively blocks users from downloading malware. For full details, see the malware risk help documentation.

Sonatype Nexus Repository now supports Content Replication for Conan v2. Content Replication allows developers to publish artifacts to one Nexus Repository instance and have other instances pre-fetch them through a standard proxy repository. This translates to faster artifact delivery and increased developer productivity. Learn more in the Content Replication help documentation.

Sonatype Nexus Repository Pro customers using an H2 or PostgreSQL database can now use Nexus Repository’s staging functionality for Helm format. This enhancement allows helps minimize the risk of deploying untested artifacts by enabling development teams to rigorously test and validate Helm charts in isolated staging environments before pushing them to production. For more information, see the staging help documentation.

While embedded databases are appropriate for disposable edge caches, test deployments, and low-concurrency team usage, an external PostgreSQL is recommended for more demanding use. To this end, we have added a status check for deployments using an H2 database that will alert you should your usage be above what we recommend for an embedded database. For more information on status checks, see the status check help documentation.