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Using AWS EC2 is the recommended way of deploying Nexus. It is simple to set up and should meet the performance needs of 90% of organizations looking to use Nexus!

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Guide

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Create an EC2 instance

Create an EC2 instance with the appropriate resources. For this guide, we will use the recommended m7g.xlarge instance.
Read our Resourcing guide for more details.
  • Give your instance a descriptive name like Nexus-prod
  • Select the Amazon Linux 2023 AMI
  • Select the 64-bit (Arm) architecture
  • Select the m7g.xlarge instance type
  • Select Allow HTTPS traffic from the internet in the Network settings section
  • Configure storage following the Resourcing Guide
EC2 Instance CreationEC2 Security Group Configuration
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Create the instance

Click Launch instance and then view your instance details.
Save the Public IPv4 address of the instance!
EC2 Public IPv4 Address
3

Point domain to the instance

If you don’t have a domain, buy one from a DNS provider like GoDaddy or just skip HTTPS for now.
To point our domain to the new instance, we need to add an A and CNAME record to our DNS provider.The A record should be the subdomain that you would like to use for the Nexus instance like prod.The CNAME record should be the same name with the www. in front resulting in www.prod pointing to the full domain like prod.Nexus.app.DNS A Record ConfigurationDNS CNAME Record Configuration
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Install Nexus requirements

Nexus requires git, docker, and docker compose.To install these on Amazon Linux 2023, run the following:
sudo yum update -y

sudo yum install docker -y
sudo service docker start

sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo yum install git

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Next Steps

Configure Authentication

Set up authentication for your Nexus deployment with OAuth, OIDC, or SAML.

More Nexus Configuration Options

Learn about all available configuration options for your Nexus deployment.