Proxying PyPI Repository in Nexus Repository Manager

Here are the steps :

• Create PyPI (Proxy)

Explanation :

1. Click gear logo on the above view
2. Select pypi (proxy)

• Configure PyPI Proxy

Explanation :

1. Give the repo a name
2. Remote URL that this repo will be proxied to

then create repo by clicking the button below

And PyPI proxy has successfully created !

• Create PyPI (group)

The purpose of this repository is to gather the available packages in each PyPI repos whatever its type ( group, hosted, and proxy ) into one centralized place.

Explanation :

1. Give the repo a name
2. Move the available repo from Available column to Members column
3. Create repo

Voila!! It has been successfully created.

• Configure pip

Although on this part we should have done all the required configuration on nexus, but we still have task to do. That is configuring pip by creating pip.conf in linux or pip.ini in windows. The steps should be like :

Create pip.conf as picture below :

Then fill the file with the configuration below :

Host can be customized based on your case but here I use a VM which runs Nexus with an IP Address 192.168.137.2 and running on port 8443. It will work either we use IP Address or FQDN. Don;t forget to save it.

Shortly afterwards, check the configuration as follows :

• Try to fetch a package

Then we would see the previous package has been cached in our proxied repo. Check it out by following these steps below :

Well done!! we did it! 😀