Same here, clean install of nexus 2.7.2-03 and the delivered plugin renders this stacktrace when I try to go down the http link for a repository configured like this (from the examples):
<repository>
<id>master.group.unzip</id>
<name>Group Unzip</name>
<providerRole>org.eclipse.tycho.nexus.internal.plugin.UnzipRepository</providerRole>
<providerHint>org.eclipse.tycho.nexus.plugin.DefaultUnzipRepository</providerHint>
<localStatus>IN_SERVICE</localStatus>
<notFoundCacheActive>true</notFoundCacheActive>
<notFoundCacheTTL>15</notFoundCacheTTL>
<userManaged>true</userManaged>
<exposed>true</exposed>
<browseable>true</browseable>
<writePolicy>READ_ONLY</writePolicy>
<searchable>true</searchable>
<localStorage>
<provider>file</provider>
</localStorage>
<externalConfiguration>
<masterRepositoryId>public</masterRepositoryId>
<useVirtualVersion>true</useVirtualVersion>
<synchronizeAtStartup>false</synchronizeAtStartup>
</externalConfiguration>
</repository>
Stacktrace:
500 - NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.sonatype.nexus.web.content.NexusContentServlet.doGetCollection(NexusContentServlet.java:538)
at org.sonatype.nexus.web.content.NexusContentServlet.doGet(NexusContentServlet.java:379)
at org.sonatype.nexus.web.content.NexusContentServlet.service(NexusContentServlet.java:331)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:848)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ServletDefinition.doServiceImpl(ServletDefinition.java:288)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ServletDefinition.doService(ServletDefinition.java:278)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ServletDefinition.service(ServletDefinition.java:182)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ManagedServletPipeline.service(ManagedServletPipeline.java:93)
at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:85)
at com.yammer.metrics.web.WebappMetricsFilter.doFilter(WebappMetricsFilter.java:76)
at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:82)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.ProxiedFilterChain.doFilter(ProxiedFilterChain.java:61)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.executeChain(AdviceFilter.java:108)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.doFilterInternal(AdviceFilter.java:137)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:125)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.ProxiedFilterChain.doFilter(ProxiedFilterChain.java:66)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.executeChain(AdviceFilter.java:108)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.doFilterInternal(AdviceFilter.java:137)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:125)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.ProxiedFilterChain.doFilter(ProxiedFilterChain.java:66)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.executeChain(AdviceFilter.java:108)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.doFilterInternal(AdviceFilter.java:137)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:125)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.ProxiedFilterChain.doFilter(ProxiedFilterChain.java:66)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AbstractShiroFilter.executeChain(AbstractShiroFilter.java:449)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AbstractShiroFilter$1.call(AbstractShiroFilter.java:365)
at org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectCallable.doCall(SubjectCallable.java:90)
at org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectCallable.call(SubjectCallable.java:83)
at org.apache.shiro.subject.support.DelegatingSubject.execute(DelegatingSubject.java:383)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AbstractShiroFilter.doFilterInternal(AbstractShiroFilter.java:362)
at org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:125)
at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:82)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ManagedFilterPipeline.dispatch(ManagedFilterPipeline.java:120)
at org.sonatype.nexus.web.NexusGuiceFilter$MultiFilterChain.doFilter(NexusGuiceFilter.java:83)
at com.google.inject.servlet.FilterChainInvocation.doFilter(FilterChainInvocation.java:89)
at com.google.inject.servlet.ManagedFilterPipeline.dispatch(ManagedFilterPipeline.java:120)
at org.sonatype.nexus.web.NexusGuiceFilter$MultiFilterChain.doFilter(NexusGuiceFilter.java:83)
at org.sonatype.nexus.web.NexusGuiceFilter$MultiFilterPipeline.dispatch(NexusGuiceFilter.java:57)
at com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter$1.call(GuiceFilter.java:132)
at com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter$1.call(GuiceFilter.java:129)
at com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter$Context.call(GuiceFilter.java:206)
at com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter.doFilter(GuiceFilter.java:129)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1419)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:455)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:137)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:557)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1075)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:384)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:193)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1009)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:135)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116)
at com.yammer.metrics.jetty.InstrumentedHandler.handle(InstrumentedHandler.java:200)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:154)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:370)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:489)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:949)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:1011)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:644)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:235)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:82)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:668)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:52)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:608)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:543)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)