Nexus Book Edition 1.3: Printable PDF and Archiva Migrations

Announcing the availability of Repository Management with Nexus, Edition 1.3. Learn Nexus today by:

• Reading this book on the Sonatype site
• Downloading the PDF from Sonatype
• Reading this book on Scribd

This edition contains three major changes from Edition 1.2, and a series of smaller changes that are captured in the release notes included at the end of this blog post:

• A new appendix detailing the migration process for hosted and proxy repositories from Archiva to Nexus.
• General formatting and bug fixes throughout the book.
• Professional print-quality PDF: The PDF now contains vector art, screenshots sized for print resolution, better fonts, and has been resized to an industry-standard print size.

Repository Management with Sonatype Nexus

The following changes were introduced in Edition 1.3 on August 17, 2009:

• Added Appendix B, Migrating to Nexus from Archiva which contains a discussion
  of migrating from an existing Archiva installation to a Nexus
  installation. (NXBOOK-62)
• Added a Drop Shadow and Border to the following
  figures:
  • Added a Border to Figure 4.4 (NXBOOK-87)

  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 4.5 (NXBOOK-88)

  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 4.6 (NXBOOK-89)
  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 4.7 (NXBOOK-90)
  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 5.4 (NXBOOK-91)
  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 8.3 (NXBOOK-76)

  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 8.4 (NXBOOK-92)

  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 8.8 (NXBOOK-93)
  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 8.9 (NXBOOK-94)
  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 11.1 (NXBOOK-100)
  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 11.2 (NXBOOK-102)

  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 11.3 (NXBOOK-103)

  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 11.4 (NXBOOK-104)
  • Added Border and shadow to Figure 12.1 (NXBOOK-106)
  • Added Border and Shadow to Figure 12.2 (NXBOOK-107)
  • Added a Border to figure A.3 (NXBOOK-108)
• Fixed a typo in Section 6.3.4, “Google Analytics Plugin”.
  (NXBOOK-42)
• Fixed a mismatch between a figure and some copy in Section 9.6, “Managing Staging Repositories in Nexus”. (NXBOOK-53)
• Added a missing reference in Section 9.7, “Managing Staging Repository with the Nexus Maven Plugin”. (NXBOOK-55)
• Fixed spacing issues in Table 9.1, “Identifiers for New Project”. (NXBOOK-110)

• Fixed Unescaped Variable Reference in Section 10.3.2. (NXBOOK-41)

The following improvements were made to the Nexus Book PDF:

• Resized book to Crown Quarto (7.444" x 9.681"). (NXBOOK-119)
• Configured alternating margins for the PDF copy of the book.
  (NXBOOK-118)
• Modified Figure Images for Print PDF. Bitmap images scaled to
  improve print quality:
  • Added Print Resolution Version of Figure 6.1
    (NXBOOK-72)

  • Added Print Resolution Version of Figure 8.1
    (NXBOOK-74)

  • Added Print Resolution version for Figure 8.2
    (NXBOOK-75)
  • Added Print Resolution Version of Figure 9.1
    (NXBOOK-77)
  • Added Print Resolution Version of Figure 9.1
    (NXBOOK-78)
  • Added Print Resolution Version of Figure 9.2
    (NXBOOK-79)
• Fixed Code Overflow Issues in:
  • Fix Code Overflow Problems in Example 6.1
    (NXBOOK-73)
  • Fix Code Overflow Problem in Example 9.1
    (NXBOOK-97)
  • Fix the Code Overflow Problem in Section 9.4.4
    (NXBOOK-98)

  • Fix Code Overflow Issue in Section 10.3.3
    (NXBOOK-99)

  • Fix Code Overflow After Figure 11.1 (NXBOOK-80)
• Upgrade Nexus Book build to use Docbkx Plugin version 2.0.9.
  (NXBOOK-70)
• Configure Nexus Book build to use fop-images-pdf for inclusion
  of Vector-based figures. (NXBOOK-71)
• Remove Header from Nexus Book PDF. (NXBOOK-120)
• Nexus Book PDF Body Text now Justified. (NXBOOK-121)
• All Fonts are Bundled in the Book PDF (NXBOOK-127):
  • Monospace Font is now Courier New (NXBOOK-126)
  • Body Font is now Times New Roman (NXBOOK-125)
  • Title Font is now Arial Bold (NXBOOK-122)