A Nexus installation brings you such a repository for your company. So you can host your very own repositories, but additionally, use Nexus as a proxy for public repositories. With such a proxy the time to obtain an artifact is decreased and it saves bandwidth. Nexus permits you to host your personal build artifacts. Nexus is available as commercial and Open Source distribution.
TOPICS COVERED ON NEXUS
BENEFITS OF USING NEXUS
INSTALLATION OF NEXUS
NEXUS SMART ID
NEXUS GO SERVICES
NEXUS GO AUTHENTICATION
NEXUS GO IOT
NEXUS GO CARDS
NEXUS CARD SDK
NEXUS PRIME
BENEFITS OF USING NEXUS
- NEXUS members avoid lengthy line-ups and save time using automated self-serve kiosks at 9 Canadian international airports (NEXUS Air). As an added benefit, when visiting on domestic, U.S.-bound, and choose international flights, NEXUS individuals can be expedited via Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) airport security screening lanes placed at 16 Canadian airports. Members should present their valid NEXUS card to access the Trusted Traveller CATSA Security Line.
- Members also enjoy a quick and simplified entry method using dedicated lanes at 21 specific land border crossings.
- When arriving through the boat, members traveling to over 450 marine sites in Canada can report through the phone to a TRC between 30 minutes and four hours before they arrive.
- NEXUS permits Canadian and U.S. border officers to focus their efforts on unknown and potentially higher-risk travelers and their goods.
INSTALLATION OF NEXUS
In order to install the open-source version of Nexus, you want to visit Nexus OSS and download the TGZ version or the ZIP version. Currently, the latest version is 3.13.0.
To start Nexus, after extracting, the nexus scripts have to be accomplished with a start parameter in the nexus folder:
cd /NEXUS_FOLDER/nexus ./bin/nexus start
And in case you want to stop Nexus you just have to write stop instead of start:
cd /NEXUS_FOLDER/nexus ./bin/nexus stop
NEXUS SMART ID
Nexus Smart ID gives solutions for physical and digital identities for the modern workforce as well as PKI-based identities for IoT devices.
Smart ID Workforce
Nexus Smart ID Workforce gives easy-to-use modules to issue, manage, and use trusted employee identities in the form of digital smart cards for cellular devices and physical cards.
Smart ID IoT
Nexus Smart ID IoT is a flexible and scalable certificates authority (CA) software, which allows you to register, issue, and manage electronic identities for devices in typical IoT use cases.
NEXUS GO SERVICES
The on-demand Nexus GO services allow you to focus on your core business, without having to worry about hardware, dedicated workforce, or maintenance. You can test many of the services for free before determining to buy, and you get real-time reporting of your usage.
NEXUS GO AUTHENTICATION
Nexus GO Authentication is an easy-to-use service for integrating secure login with two-factor authentication in a website, except any installation and with only constrained in-house security competence needed.
Authentication step-by-step
- The user visits the web application.
- The user logs in with the requested method. Nexus GO sends an authentication response.
- The user is redirected to the Validation URL, as particular in the environment.
- The authentication response is validated.
- The user is either logged in or denied.
NEXUS GO IOT
Nexus GO IoT is a service for issuing and managing PKI certificates for the secure identification of IoT devices. PKI certificates allow authenticated and encrypted device-to-cloud and device-to-device communication, to secure the supply chain against product forgery and provide for secure enrollment and provisioning of devices. Thereby, integrity, security, and privacy are maintained during the device lifecycle.
By signing up to the Nexus GO IoT trial version, you can quickly get started and test the service. The trial version helps you improve and verify the certificates provisioning and the PKI-based security functions. The certificates content can be adjusted and verified before devices are marketed and productively deployed.
NEXUS GO CARDS
Order your customized access cards, photo ID cards, and key fobs, ready-to-use from Nexus GO Cards order portal. Cards and key fobs are delivered effectively coded and in line with the security levels which follow in the organization. The system manages more than one unit of serial numbers and ensures that every product gets a special number. You can additionally order a range of accessories in the order portal.
NEXUS CARD SDK
Nexus Card SDK is a set of software development tools that provides functionality for designing, printing, and encoding access cards, smart cards, and ID badges. Card SDK can easily be built-in into any physical access control system, identity management device, or business control device to allow card production on site.
NEXUS PRIME
Nexus PRIME is a product used for centralized identification and credential management. PRIME permits a regular credential management technique to make sure transparency and traceability in enabling identities for employees, students, and systems.
PRIME provides business process capabilities for identity issuance to increase the level of assurance. PRIME consists of administration tools, self-service, and delegated approval routines and is powered through entitlement into the IT and physical access environment.
