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How to upload and download NPM Package using Sonatype Nexus?

May 17, 2021 comments off

Step 1 – Create a npm nexus repo

Step 2 – Step 2 – Install Node in your server

Step 3 – Create a Sample Project using NPM

$ mkdir npmprj
$ cd npmprj/
$ npm init
$ vi index.js
$ npm install express --save
$ npm publish

Step 4 – Create a Nexus ID n Pass which has deploy access to npm repo in nexus.

# Convert user id and password to encoded token usign base64
$ echo -n 'myuser:mypassword' | openssl base64

Step 5 – Create .npmrc with a REPO Location and Access to upload

registry = http://15.206.81.210:8081/repository/npm-group-all/
_auth=ZGVwbG95LXVzZXI6ZGVwbG95LXVzZXIxMjM=

Step 6 – Modify package.json file with group repo name to download

{
  "name": "devopsschool",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "This is devopsschool npm project",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "Rajesh Kumar",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.17.1"
  },
  "publishConfig": {
    "registry": "http://15.206.81.210:8081/repository/npm-hosted-all/"
  }
}

Step 7 – Do npm publish

$ npm publish

Reference

  • https://github.com/devopsschool-demo-labs-projects/npm-nexus-hello-world
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