Proxy repository for cargo/rust

Using Sonatype Nexus Community Edition as a cargo proxy Nexus 3.77+ supports cargo repository even in the CE edition. However, version 3.77 introduces a hard usage limit. Quick local setup: docker run -d -p 8081:8081 --name nexus sonatype/nexus3 Assume a cargo-proxy repository was created with remote URL https://index.crates.io. Add the following to .cargo/config.toml: ❯ cat .cargo/config.toml [registries.nexus] index = "sparse+http://localhost:8081/repository/cargo-proxy/" [registry] default = "nexus" [source.crates-io] replace-with = "nexus" [source.nexus] registry = "sparse+http://localhost:8081/repository/cargo-proxy/" According to the docs on https://index.crates.io/, cargo uses the sparse protocol. Omitting the sparse+ prefix in config.toml will cause errors. ...

June 21, 2025 · map[name:eubnara]