Chrome Extension for Sonatype Nexus IQ

Warning The Nexus IQ Chrome Extension is now deprecated and will not be receiving updates.

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Table of Contents

• Purpose
• Documentation
• Data
• Usage
• Examples
• Installation
• Contributing
• Fine Print

Purpose

To allow you to inspect a package before you download it. The plugin requires a valid Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle instance, which means you must be licensed to use this plugin.

The plugin can scan packages at the following repositories:

1. .Net – NuGet – https://www.nuget.org/
2. Alpine – Linux – https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/
3. Chocolatey – Windows – https://community.chocolatey.org/
4. Clojars – Clojure – https://clojars.org/
5. CocoaPods – iOS – https://cocoapods.org/
6. Conan – C/C++ – https://conan.io/center/
7. Conda – Python – https://anaconda.org/anaconda/
8. Debian – Linux – https://packages.debian.org/
9. Debian – Linux – https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/
10. Golang – Go – https://pkg.go.dev/
11. Java – Maven – https://mvnrepository.com/
12. Java – Maven – https://repo.maven.apache.org/
13. Java – Maven – https://repo.spring.io/list/
14. Java – Maven – https://repo1.maven.org/
15. Java – Maven – https://search.maven.org/
16. JavaScript/Node – npm – https://www.npmjs.com/
17. PHP – Packagist/composer – https://packagist.org/
18. Python – PyPI – https://pypi.org/
19. R – CRAN – https://cran.r–project.org/
20. Ruby – RubyGems – https://rubygems.org/
21. Rust – Crates – https://crates.io/
22. Nexus Proxy Repos – supported repository formats are maven2, npm, rubygems and nuget e.g. http://nexus:8081/#browse/browse:maven–central:commons–collections%2Fcommons–collections%2F3.2.1
23. Artifactory Proxy Repos – supported repository formats are maven2 and npm e.g. https://artifactory-server/webapp/#/artifacts/browse/tree/General/npmjs–cache/parseurl/–/parseurl–1.0.1.tgz
24. Artifactory Repo lists – e.g. https://repo.spring.io/list/jcenter–cache/org/cloudfoundry/cf–maven–plugin/1.1.3/

Documentation

Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle nexus-iq-chrome-extension

Data

The data is sourced from Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle's IQ Server, which accesses the Sonatype Data Services for those supported ecosystems. For some repositories e.g. Chocolatey, the extension gets its data from Sonatype OSSIndex ( https://ossindex.sonatype.org/ ).

Usage

When you browse to a website that is covered by the tool, such as Maven Central and click on the plugin, it will open with the Sonatype Lifecycle data relevant to that library.

Main icon

Remediation Guidance

1. The install will create a new icon in your Chrome Browser next to the location box.

   
   

2. The plugin will work on any page that matches the URL list above.
   
3. Navigate to one of the pages that the extension is compatible with (see the detailed list below).
   
4. Click on the blue Sonatype logo...
   

   
   4.1 ...The solution will think for a second and show the Sonatype hexagon logo while it retrieves the data...Then show the Data.
   

   

   
   

5. Component Information
   

   
   

6. Security Information
   The security data is presented in a list with clickable sections for each vulnerability.
   

   
   

7. Security Details
   The security details for each vulnerability is available. Click on the reference to display the security details.
   

   
   

8. Remediation
   The version history is available for each component.
   

   
   

9. Remediation Guidance
   The remediation guidance API has been added. The recommended fix version will be listed at the top of the screen.
   
10. License Information
    

    
    

11. Unsupported Page
    If you click on an unsupported page then the following screen will appear.

    
    

Examples

The list of pages that are supported are here:

1. Alpine – Linux – https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/
2. Chocolatey – Windows – https://community.chocolatey.org/
3. Clojars – Clojure – https://clojars.org/
4. Cocoa pods – iOS – https://cocoapods.org/
5. Conan – C/C++ – https://conan.io/center/
6. Conda – Python – https://anaconda.org/anaconda/
7. Debian – Linux – https://packages.debian.org/
8. Debian – Linux – https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/

dotNet - nuget

Pattern - https://www.nuget.org/packages/<package>/<version>
e.g. https://www.nuget.org/packages/LibGit2Sharp/0.20.1

Golang - https://pkg.go.dev/

https://pkg.go.dev/
e.g. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/etcd-io/etcd@v0.4.9

Java - Maven

Pattern - https://search.maven.org/artifact/<group>/<artifact>/<version>/<extension>
e.g. https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.apache.struts/struts2-core/2.3.30/jar

Pattern -https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/<group>/<artifact>/<version>
e.g. https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-collections/commons-collections/3.2.1

Pattern - https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/<group>/<artifact>/<version>/
e.g. https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/commons-collections/commons-collections/3.2.1/

Pattern - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/<group>/<artifact>/<version>/
e.g. https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/commons-collections/commons-collections/3.2.1/

JS/Node - npm

Pattern - https://www.npmjs.com/package/<package>
e.g. https://www.npmjs.com/package/lodash/
and
Pattern - https://www.npmjs.com/package/<package>/v/<version>
e.g. https://www.npmjs.com/package/lodash/v/4.17.9

PHP - Packagist/Composer

Pattern - https://packagist.org/
e.g. https://packagist.org/packages/drupal/drupal

Ruby - rubygems

Pattern - https://rubygems.org/gems/<package>
e.g. https://rubygems.org/gems/bundler

Python - pypi

Pattern - https://pypi.org/<package>/
e.g. https://pypi.org/project/Django/
or Pattern - https://pypi.org/<package>/<version>/
e.g. https://pypi.org/project/Django/1.6/

R - CRAN

Pattern - https://cran.r-project.org/
e.g. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/A3/index.html

21. Ruby – RubyGems – https://rubygems.org/

Rust - Crates

Pattern - https://crates.io/
e.g. https://crates.io/crates/random

NexusRepo - npm, Maven and rubygems

e.g. http://nexus:8081/#browse/browse:rubygems-proxy:nexus%2F1.4.0%2Fnexus-1.4.0.gem

Installation

Production

1. Install from Chrome Store
2. Click Add to Chrome

Note: You will be asked to "Add Sonatype Nexus IQ Extension". Click "Add extension"

3. You will be prompted to enter your login details. (Important: Please note that this version stores your details in plain text in Chrome Storage. We are investigated secure storage but at this time we do not support it. You can use a token for your password though. https://help.sonatype.com/iqserver/managing/user-management/user-tokens)
   

   
   

4. Select an Application to link to this plugin. The application is required to perform the advanced history and remediation scanning now available.
   

   
   

5. Click Save to save your credentials.
   
6. You will be advised that your details are saved. Click Close when you are done and You will be taken back to the Extensions Install screen in Chrome. Close the screen and begin using.
7. The installer will have created a new icon in your Chrome Menu Bar.
   

   
   

Developer mode

1. Download the plugin from GitHub git clone https://github.com/sonatype-nexus-community/nexus-iq-chrome-extension.git
2. Open Chrome Browser.
3. Click on the three dots, then More Tools, then Extensions.
   

   
   

4. Click on load unpacked (requires "Developer Mode" to be enabled).

   
   

   

   
   

5. Navigate to the folder where you downloaded the plugin from GitHub onto your local machine. Select the src subdirectory and then click select
   

   
   

6. Configure the plugin like in the Production mode...

Uninstall

If you do not want to use the extension then you can right click on the icon and choose Remove from Chrome

Version History

Go to the changelog

Contributing

Please read the Contributing guide

The Fine Print

Supported by Sonatype