# Nexus Hosted Maven repository

Both Nexus OSS and Nexus Pro offer three types of Maven repository, Hosted, Group, and Proxy.  This guide will cover creating a Hosted Maven repository and adding it as an External Feed in Octopus Deploy.

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This guide was written using Nexus OSS version 3.37.0-01
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## Configuring a Hosted Maven repository

From the Nexus web portal, click on the **gear icon** to get to the **Administration** screen.

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![Administration gear Icon](/docs/img/packaging-applications/package-repositories/guides/images/nexus-nuget-administration.png)
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Click on **Repositories**

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![Repositories](/docs/img/packaging-applications/package-repositories/guides/images/nexus-repositories.png)
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Click **Create repository**

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![Create repository](/docs/img/packaging-applications/package-repositories/guides/images/nexus-create-repository.png)
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Choose **maven2 (hosted)** from the list of repositories to create

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![Maven (hosted)](/docs/img/packaging-applications/package-repositories/guides/maven-repositories/images/nexus-maven-repository.png)
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Give the repository a name and change any applicable configuration options.  Click **Create repository** when you are done.

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![Create repository](/docs/img/packaging-applications/package-repositories/guides/maven-repositories/images/nexus-create-maven-repository.png)
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When the repository has been created, click on the entry in the list to bring up the repository properties.

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![MyNexusMavenRepo](/docs/img/packaging-applications/package-repositories/guides/maven-repositories/images/nexus-mynexusmavenrepo.png)
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Copy the URL property, that is what you will use when adding it as an external feed

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![Repository URL](/docs/img/packaging-applications/package-repositories/guides/maven-repositories/images/nexus-maven-url.png)
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Optionally upload a package to the repository so you can verify search functionality when added as an external feed.

## Adding a Nexus Maven repository as an Octopus External Feed
Create a new Octopus Feed by navigating to **Deploy ➜ Manage ➜ External Feeds** and select the `Maven Feed` Feed type. 

Give the feed a name and in the URL field, paste the URL you copied earlier.  It should look similar to this format:

`https://your.nexus.url/repository/[repository name]`

![Nexus NuGet feed](/docs/img/packaging-applications/package-repositories/guides/maven-repositories/images/nexus-maven-feed.png)