Staging Releases

If you release software, you will often need to test a release before deploying it to a production system or an externally accessible repository. For example, if you are developing a large, enterprise web application, you may want to stage a release candidate to a staging system and perform a series of rigorous tests before a release manager makes a decision to either return a system to development or deploy a system to production. 

The staging suite in Nexus Repository Manager Pro allows an organization to create a temporary staging repository and to manage the promotion of components from a staging repository to a release repository. This ability to create an isolated, release candidate repository that can be discarded or promoted makes it possible to support the decisions that go into certifying a release, while the certification process is done
on the same binaries that will ultimately be released.

Topics in this section:

• Staging Overview
• Configuring the Staging Suite
• Configuring Your Project for Deployment
• Managing Staging Repositories
• Enforcing Standards for Deployment and Promotion with Rulesets
• Policy Enforcement with Nexus IQ Server
• Artifact Bundles