Running Verdaccio a Self Hosted Private NPM with Docker

Verdaccio is a lightweight private npm registry that can be run locally.

Clone the repo

I created a repo with the docker-compose file for running the application in the docker container.

Repo: verdaccio-docker-compose

Run the application:

Open a terminal, navigate to the directory containing the docker-compose.yml file, and run the following command:

cd verdaccio-docker-compose/
docker-compose up  -d

Verdaccio will be accessible at http://localhost:4873

How to use the npm package manager

Get into the container

docker exec  -it  verdaccio  sh

To publish your first package just:

1. Create user

$ docker exec  -it  verdaccio  sh # This command will take you into the container

$ npm adduser  --registry  http://localhost:4873/
npm notice Log in on http://localhost:4873/
Username: balu
Email: (this IS public) jinna.baalu@gmail.com

Logged in on http://localhost:4873/.

1. Go to the project to publish

mkdir nodejs-app
cd my-nodejs-app
echo "console.log('Hello, World!');" > app.js
npm init -y
node app.js

npm login  --registry  http://localhost:4873/
npm publish  --registry  http://localhost:4873/

Go To http://localhost:4873 and refresh you will see your package available

Stop the application:

To stop the running containers, use the following command:

docker-compose down