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Automate Nexus with terraform-provider-nexus

Name: Automate Nexus with terraform-provider-nexus
Author: datadrivers

Founders, automate Sonatype Nexus setup with this tool, built for automation and CI/CD.

145 stars74 forksGoGuide quality 9/10Updated 8/4/2026100% free · open source

What it does

The Terraform provider for Sonatype Nexus automates the setup and management of Nexus repositories, allowing founders to easily integrate Nexus into their CI/CD pipelines.

When to use it

•When you need to automate the creation and management of Nexus repositories
•When you want to integrate Nexus with your existing Terraform infrastructure
•When you need to ensure consistency and reproducibility in your Nexus setup across different environments

Ready-to-paste prompt

terraform apply -var url=https://your-nexus.instance.com -var username=your-username -var password=your-password

Heads up: You need to have a valid Nexus instance URL, username, and password to use this provider, and the Nexus instance must have the necessary permissions and configuration to create and manage repositories

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/terraform-provider-nexus && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/terraform-provider-nexus/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/terraform-provider-nexus/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Automate Nexus with terraform-provider-nexus works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Automate Nexus with terraform-provider-nexus is a large Go project (~28k lines across 549 code files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MPL-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Large codebase

~28k lines · 549 code files · ~4 h to skim

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

No API keys detected

Go 99%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
main.go
Where the program starts running
3
go.mod
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
4
internal/acceptance/main.go
Inside internal/ — the main logic begins here
5
examples/blobstore-s3/README.md
A worked example — copy this to get going

What's in each folder

internal/Core code — the actual logic324 files

examples/Examples you can copy224 files

docs/Documentation140 files

templates/Templates3 files

scripts/Helper scripts11 files

tools/Helper scripts1 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)8 files

.vscode/Editor / agent settings3 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksExamples includedMPL-2.0 licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/terraform-provider-nexus && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/terraform-provider-nexus/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/terraform-provider-nexus/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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