npm Enterprise with Nexus
If you are using npm Enterprise for publishing your private packages and wish to use a Nexus repository to set up proxy for your private registry then follow the steps below:
- Open http://your-host:8081/ in your browser.
Sign in with admin credentials (You can create your own user and login with those credentials).
User Name: admin Password: admin123Click on the Settings icon from the top left menu.
Select Repository->Repositories from the left panel options.
- Click on the
Create repositorybutton.
Configuring Nexus as a npm repository.
Select
npm (proxy)from the repository list.- Add unique repository name.
- Check the online option (This will allow repository to accept incoming requests).
Add remote storage url. Enter the url of your private registry. E.g http://your_npme-registry-url/
- Save the changes.
This blog post provides more detail about configuring Nexus as an npm repository: http://blog.sonatype.com/using-nexus-3-as-your-repository-part-2-npm-packages
Authentication
- Select Security->Realms from the left panel options.
- Add
npm Bearer Token Realmfrom available realms to active realms and save the changes.
This blog post provides more detail about authentication in Nexus for npm repositories: http://www.sonatype.org/nexus/2015/11/19/new-npm-tools-for-your-nexus-repository-manager-tool-box/.
Run npm config set registry {repository path, likely your npm-proxy-repository-url}.
To get your npm-proxy-repository-url go to Repository->Repositories, look for your npm-proxy repository, copy the url by clicking on copy button.
Run npm login npm login --registry=http://your-host:8081/repository/your-npm-proxy-name/.
It will prompt you for:
- User Name: Enter the Nexus repository username. (If you haven’t created any user then default is ‘admin’).
- Password: Enter the Nexus repository password. (If you haven’t created any then default is ‘admin123’).
- Email: Enter your email.
Now try installing your private packages from your Nexus repository.