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The Sonatype Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC), including definitions of each stage, is fully defined in Sonatype Sunsetting Information. For more information about Sonatype Support services, please see Sonatype's Software Support Policy

For more information about Sonatype Support services, please see Sonatype's Software Support Policy.

The Sonatype PDLC is designed to keep us continually improving our products and to ensure that our customers have access to our best features and functionality. This also helps us provide quality support services for our features and products. To this end, Sonatype will sunset and remove some Sonatype Nexus Repository features as they become obsolete.

OrientDB

  • Status: Extended Maintenance (August 6, 2024), Released : March 10, 2016 (3.0.0)

    Sonatype is invested in continually improving our solutions to take advantage of newer, more advanced technologies. As such, we are strategically moving away from legacy technologies like OrientDB and investing in supporting newer database options like PostgreSQL. Moreover, Sonatype has observed data integrity problems in some deployments using OrientDB. Migrate to a supported database.

    See Migrating to a New Database.

Java 8

Java 11

  • Status: Extended Maintenance (August 6, 2024), Released: April 2, 2024

    OpenJDK 11 reaches the end of life in October 2024. While Java 11 is a long-term support version, Sonatype is investing its efforts in supporting newer Java versions. Upgrade to release 3.70.0+ using Java 17.

    See Upgrading Nexus Repository Java Version.

High Availability Clustering (HA-C)

  • Status: Sunsetted (April 17, 2024), Released: February 2017 (3.3.0), Maintenance: October 17, 2023

    We released the updated version of High Availability in Q1 2023 with release 3.50.0. This new offering offers far superior functionality, quality, and scale. Customers currently using HA-C should upgrade to the updated HA deployment model.

    See Migrating to an HA Deployment from HA-C.

Replication v1

  • Status: Sunsetted (December 15, 2023), Released: September 1, 2021 (3.34.0), Maintenance: August 3, 2023

    In 3.34.0, we introduced our first replication feature (Replication v1), which used a manually run replicator tool to copy binaries from one blob store to another. In 3.48.0, we introduced Content Replication as a much more user-friendly, lightweight feature to replace Replication v1. We also announced at that time that we would eventually remove Replication v1.

    The newer Content Replication feature is far simpler and includes more automation; it also has fewer system requirements and supports more formats. Customers needing a way to make artifacts readily available across distributed teams should use the newer Content Replication feature.

    As Content Replication is an entirely different and separate feature from Replication v1, there is no direct migration path.

    See Content Replication

Red Hat OpenShift Operator and Container

  • Status: Sunsetted (December 15, 2023), Released: June 2020 (3.24.0), Maintenance: August 3, 2023

    Sonatype does not recommend using this operator because there are risks of data corruption when running the embedded databases inside a container. In October 2023, Sonatype published a new OpenShift Operator. The new operator uses an external PostgreSQL database and supports high-availability deployment options.

    See Installing Sonatype Nexus Repository Using the OpenShift Operator.