Nexus Repository Manager

Nexus Repository Manager Security API

The Security API from Nexus Repository Manager — 2 operation(s) for security.

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Operations 2

GET /v1/security/users List users #
GET /v1/security/roles List roles #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

nexus-security-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sonatype Nexus Repository REST Assets Security API
  description: 'Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3 exposes a REST API

    (under /service/rest/) for managing assets, components,

    repositories, blob stores, search, security, tasks, and

    related resources. The full OpenAPI document for a given

    instance is published at /service/rest/swagger.json.

    '
  version: v1
servers:
- url: '{nexus_url}/service/rest'
  description: Sonatype Nexus Repository instance base
  variables:
    nexus_url:
      default: https://nexus.example.com
      description: The base URL of your Nexus Repository Manager instance
security:
- basicAuth: []
- userToken: []
tags:
- name: Security
paths:
  /v1/security/users:
    get:
      summary: List users
      operationId: listUsers
      tags:
      - Security
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Users collection
  /v1/security/roles:
    get:
      summary: List roles
      operationId: listRoles
      tags:
      - Security
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Roles collection
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication with a Nexus user account.
    userToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Nexus user token authentication. Tokens can be generated

        per user when User Tokens are enabled on the instance.

        '