TemplateSet templateSet =
                            getNexus().getRepositoryTemplates().getTemplates( P2ContentClass.class );
                        TemplateSet templateSet1 = templateSet.getTemplates( P2ProxyRepository.class );
                        RepositoryTemplate template = (RepositoryTemplate) templateSet1.pick();
                        try
                        {
                            ConfigurableRepository configurableRepository = template.getConfigurableRepository();
                            CRepository repo =
                                ( (CRepositoryCoreConfiguration) configurableRepository.getCurrentCoreConfiguration() ).getConfiguration( true );
                            repo.setId( uri2RepositoryId( artifactRepositoryURI ) );
                            repo.setName( artifactRepository.getAttribute( "name" ) );
                            repo.setProviderRole( Repository.class.getName() );
                            repo.setProviderHint( P2ProxyRepository.ROLE_HINT );

                            repo.setRemoteStorage( new CRemoteStorage() );
                            repo.getRemoteStorage().setProvider( CommonsHttpClientRemoteStorage.PROVIDER_STRING );
                            repo.getRemoteStorage().setUrl( artifactRepositoryURI );
                            template.create();
                        }
                        catch ( ConfigurationException e )
                        {
                            throw new StorageException( "Could not create p2 proxy repository for "
                                + artifactRepositoryURI, e );
                        }