Maven Central Repository as proxy in Nexus manager.

In nexus console

Figure 1. Set Repository Central proxy point to http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/

Figure 2. Add Repository Central proxy into Group Repositories.

The Ordered Group Repositories is used to order repositories, which is applied to look up library respectively.

In settings.xml, create a nexus profile and also active a nexus profile.

<mirrors>

<mirror>

<!--This sends everything else to /public -->

<id>nexus</id>

<mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf>

<url>http://172.17.2.212:8089/nexus/content/groups/public</url>

</mirror>

</mirrors>

<profiles>

<profile>

<id>nexus</id>

<!--Enable snapshots for the built in central repo to direct -->

<!--all requests to nexus via the mirror -->

<repositories>

<repository>

<id>central</id>

<url>http://central</url>

<releases>

<enabled>true</enabled>

<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>

</releases>

<snapshots>

<enabled>true</enabled>

<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>

</snapshots>

</repository>

<repository>

<id>primeface-releases</id>

<url>http://172.17.2.212:8089/nexus/content/repositories/primeface-releases/</url>

<releases>

<enabled>true</enabled>

<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>

</releases>

<snapshots>

<enabled>true</enabled>

<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>

</snapshots>

</repository>

</repositories>

<pluginRepositories>

<pluginRepository>

<id>central</id>

<url>http://central</url>

<releases>

<enabled>true</enabled>

<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>

</releases>

<snapshots>

<enabled>true</enabled>

<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>

</snapshots>

</pluginRepository>

<pluginRepository>

<id>primeface-releases</id>

<url>http://172.17.2.212:8089/nexus/content/repositories/primeface-releases/</url>

<releases>

<enabled>true</enabled>

<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>

</releases>

<snapshots>

<enabled>true</enabled>

<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>

</snapshots>

</pluginRepository>

</pluginRepositories>

</profile>

  </profiles>

  

  <activeProfiles>

<!--make the profile active all the time -->

<activeProfile>nexus</activeProfile>

  </activeProfiles>