@verdaccio/registry-cli

CLI tool for Verdaccio registries — non-interactive login, user info with groups, and health checks.

Zero dependencies. Works with any Verdaccio auth plugin (htpasswd, LDAP, Azure AD, etc.)

Installation

# Use directly with npx
npx @verdaccio/registry-cli login -u admin -p secret

# Or install globally
npm install -g @verdaccio/registry-cli

Commands

login — Authenticate to a registry

Non-interactive login — ideal for CI/CD pipelines.

# Username + password
verdaccioctl login -u admin -p secret -r http://localhost:4873

# With email
verdaccioctl login -u admin -p secret -e admin@company.com -r http://localhost:4873

# Token-based (Azure AD, OIDC, JWT)
verdaccioctl login --token eyJhbGciOi... -r http://localhost:4873

The token is written to ~/.npmrc automatically.

whoami — Show current user and groups

verdaccioctl whoami -r http://localhost:4873
# Username: admin
# Groups:   admins, developers
# Registry: http://localhost:4873

ping — Check if registry is reachable

verdaccioctl ping -r http://localhost:4873
# Registry: http://localhost:4873
# Status:   OK
# Time:     12ms

Returns exit code 1 if unreachable — useful in CI health checks.

Options

Option	Short	Description
--registry <url>	-r	Registry URL (default: http://localhost:4873)
--username <user>	-u	Username (login only)
--password <pass>	-p	Password (login only)
--email <email>	-e	Email (login only, optional)
--token <token>	—	Pre-existing token for login (JWT, Azure AD, etc.)
--help	-h	Show help

CI/CD Examples

GitHub Actions

- name: Login to Verdaccio
  run: npx @verdaccio/registry-cli login -u ${{ secrets.NPM_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.NPM_PASS }} -r https://registry.company.com

- name: Publish
  run: npm publish --registry https://registry.company.com

Azure DevOps

- script: npx @verdaccio/registry-cli login -u $(NPM_USER) -p $(NPM_PASS) -r https://registry.company.com
  displayName: Login to Verdaccio

- script: npm publish --registry https://registry.company.com
  displayName: Publish package

GitLab CI

publish:
  script:
    - npx @verdaccio/registry-cli login -u $NPM_USER -p $NPM_PASS -r https://registry.company.com
    - npm publish --registry https://registry.company.com

Docker / Shell Scripts

#!/bin/bash
# Health check before publishing
verdaccioctl ping -r http://registry:4873 || exit 1

# Login
verdaccioctl login -u deploy -p "$DEPLOY_PASSWORD" -r http://registry:4873

# Verify identity
verdaccioctl whoami -r http://registry:4873

# Publish
npm publish --registry http://registry:4873

Azure AD token login

# Get token from Azure CLI
TOKEN=$(az account get-access-token --resource api://your-client-id --query accessToken -o tsv)

# Login with token
verdaccioctl login --token "$TOKEN" -r https://registry.company.com

Programmatic API

All commands are also exported as functions:

import {login, loginWithToken, whoami, ping} from '@verdaccio/registry-cli';

await login({username: 'admin', password: 'secret', registry: 'http://localhost:4873'});
await loginWithToken('eyJhbG...', 'http://localhost:4873');
const user = await whoami('http://localhost:4873');
const health = await ping('http://localhost:4873');

License

MIT