NPM Install fails behind corporate proxy

[njneer]

Version: 2.4
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Expected behavior: Npm install should respect proxy environment variables
Actual behavior: While NPM packages successfully install, the installer runs a node script to download meteor distribution: node cli.js install; this node script does not use the proxy environment variables set for npm, so meteor installer never installs, hangs at 0%
How to reproduce: Sit behind proxy, set proxy variables and run npm install -g meteor

Thanks

[NicoP-S]

having the same problem on an debian server.
system & npm proxy is set.

The cli.js requires the install.js
And thisone seems to use the node-downloader-helper
https://github.com/meteor/meteor/blob/devel/npm-packages/meteor-installer/install.js#L105

I did't find anything proxy releated to the downloaderHelper

[renanccastro]

Hello!

this node script does not use the proxy environment variables set for npm

Can you describe more which env vars are you referring to? How are you using a proxy with npm?

[NicoP-S]

Hi @renanccastro
i can share my proxy issue which seems to be the same problem .

env |grep proxy

https_proxy=http://MYPROXYSERVER:3128
http_proxy=http://MYPROXYSERVER:3128

npm config list

...
http-proxy = "http://MYPROXYSERVER:3128/"
https-proxy = "http://MYPROXYSERVER:3128/"
proxy = "http://MYPROXYSERVER:3128/"
...

Error which ignores proxy and tries a direct connection to 3.225.194.45

npm install -g meteor
/usr/bin/meteor-installer -> /usr/lib/node_modules/meteor/cli.js

> meteor@2.5.4 install /usr/lib/node_modules/meteor
> node cli.js install

You are running the install script as root, without SUDO. This is not recommended and should be avoided. Continuing.
Downloading |░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░| 0%/usr/lib/node_modules/meteor/install.js:43
  throw err;
  ^

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 3.225.194.45:443
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1144:16)
Emitted 'error' event on b instance at:
    at /usr/lib/node_modules/meteor/node_modules/node-downloader-helper/dist/index.js:1:10036
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5) {
  errno: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  syscall: 'connect',
  address: '3.225.194.45',
  port: 443
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! meteor@2.5.4 install: `node cli.js install`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the meteor@2.5.4 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

[yanickrochon]

I'm not sure if this is relevant, here, but I found that when I started using Meteor, a few years ago, that there's a difference between npm install and meteor npm install. The latter should be used.

In short, instead of npm config list, run meteor npm config list.

[NicoP-S]

the meteor command does not exist. The error above occours while installing meteor

https://docs.meteor.com/install.html#installation

npm install -g meteor

[yanickrochon]

My bad. Then the problem isn't npm, but the install.js script, which uses node-downloader-helper module; it ignores proxy settings.