How do I configure my Gradle build to publish artifacts to Nexus Repository 2?

Visit my.sonatype.com for documentation on Nexus Repository version 2.

Easy. Here's an example of a build.gradle file that configures a build to publish artifacts to a snapshot repository. As you can see, the publish URL, credentials, and artifact identifiers for this project are all contained in the uploadArchives configuration section.

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'maven'

repositories {
    maven {
          url "http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public"
    }
}

dependencies {
    testCompile "junit:junit:3.8.1"
    compile "org.jbundle.util:org.jbundle.util.jbackup:2.0.0"
    compile "net.sf.webtestfixtures:webtestfixtures:2.0.1.3"
}

uploadArchives {
    repositories {
       mavenDeployer {
             repository(url: "http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots") {
             authentication(userName: "admin", password: "admin123")
}
             pom.version = "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
             pom.artifactId = "simple-project"
             pom.groupId = "com.example"
       }
    }
}

To upload artifacts from this project, run "gradle upload"