Private NPM Registry + Multiple Public NPM Registry Proxies: The charm of Nexus OSS solution

[Marcello de Sales]

Hi everyone,

Here's what our requirements look like:

• Define a private NPM registry
• Define multiple public NPM registries as proxies
• Grouping them all together as a single URL would be great.

The Java world has been using Maven for quite a while... They recently are planning to release Nexus OSS 2.10 and the early access notes are at https://support.sonatype.com/entries/99850886-Sonatype-Nexus-2-10-Early-Access, which adds support to NPM registries with those minimum requirements... The release is documented at https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-5852... That's the charm of Nexus OSS solution!

For those who use Docker, I created a Docker image for testing those basic requirements: https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/marcellodesales/nexus-npm-registry/ (Pull Requests for improvements to the Docker image are welcomed!)... Note that some Nexus features are still not fully integrated (you can have access to them at https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-5852)...

I successfully have deployed this Docker image in a private server and working as advertised!!! That's why I thought to share with whoever is interested and was frustrated in getting an NPM private registry to do those basic...

thanks

Marcello