diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
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+NEXUS_DATA_PATH="/path/to/data"
+NEXUS_EXTERNAL_IP="127.0.0.1"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.env
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  nexus:
+    image: "sonatype/nexus3"
+    container_name: "nexus"
+    restart: "unless-stopped"
+    logging:
+      driver: "journald"
+      options:
+        tag: "nexus"
+    volumes:
+      - "${NEXUS_DATA_PATH}:/nexus-data"
+    ports:
+      - "${NEXUS_EXTERNAL_IP}:8081:8081"
+      - "${NEXUS_EXTERNAL_IP}:8082:8082"
+      - "127.0.0.1:8081:8081"