Nexus Repository Manager · Authentication Profile

Nexus Authentication

Authentication

Nexus Repository Manager secures its APIs with http across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: http Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic
userToken http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/nexus-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic authentication with a Nexus user account.
  sources:
  - openapi/nexus-openapi.yml
- name: userToken
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: |-
    Nexus user token authentication. Tokens can be generated
    per user when User Tokens are enabled on the instance.
  sources:
  - openapi/nexus-openapi.yml