Company
Date Published
Author
Naren Yadav and Travis Foster
Word count
431
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The nexus2art migrator, which has now been deprecated, was a tool designed to facilitate the migration from Sonatype Nexus Repository to JFrog Artifactory by providing a user-friendly, wizard-like interface. It allowed users to transfer repositories, artifacts, users, and settings with ease, requiring an initial setup to connect to both Nexus and JFrog repositories. The migrator was equipped with features to validate naming conventions, highlight errors, and provide context-sensitive help, making it adaptable for users needing to fine-tune or save configurations, which were stored in JSON format. It supported the migration of users, groups, privileges, scheduled tasks, and other settings, while also accommodating paid Nexus features and allowing modifications to repository elements. Despite its capabilities, users are now advised to refer to the JFrog documentation for guidance on migrating from Nexus to Artifactory.