Deploy a private npm registry in 5 minutes

Install cnpmjs.org and cnpm from npm

$ npm install -g --build-from-source cnpmjs.org cnpm sqlite3

If you're in China, maybe you should use China mirror

$ npm install -g --build-from-source \
  --registry=http://registry.npm.taobao.org \
  --disturl=http://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/node
  cnpmjs.org cnpm sqlite3

Start cnpmjs.org server with configs

• admins: myname,othername
• scopes: my-company-name,other-name
• default ports: 7001-registry, 7002-web

$ nohup cnpmjs.org start --admins='myname,othername' --scopes='@my-company-name,@other-name' &

Change cnpm default registry to your private registry

$ cnpm set registry http://localhost:7001

Use cnpm to login yourself on your private registry

$ cnpm login
Username: myname
Password: ***
Email: (this IS public) m@fengmk2.com

Publish your private package now!

Private package should be a scoped package

$ cd /tmp
$ mkdir helloworld && cd helloworld
$ cnpm init
name: (helloworld) @my-company-name/helloworld
version: (1.0.0)

{
  "name": "@my-compny-name/helloworld",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "my first scoped package",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC"
}

$ cnpm publish
+ @my-company-name/helloworld@1.0.0

View your private package

You can visit with bowsers

$ open http://localhost:7002/@my-company-name/helloworld

Or use cnpm info

$ cnpm info