nexus-npm

Node module to deploy artifact in sonatype nexus like maven-release-plugin.

Requeriments

• Sonatype Nexus OSS configured with npm repository.
• Valid user from Nexus.
• Local machine authenticated with nexus.
• User with permission to push and commit in git repository.

Installation

npm install -g nexus-npm

Project configuration

In the package.json add the string -SNAPSHOT in the version attribute , and add this configuration:

  "distributionManagement": {
    "releaseRegistry": "http://private-nexus.com/repository/npm-publish/",
    "snapshotRegistry": "http://private-nexus.com/repository/npm-snapshot/"
  }

Commands

• $ nexus-npm deploy - Generates a deploy in the nexus, if no parameter is informed generates a snapshot. Parameters accepted:
  • --release - Generates a new project release.
  • ----tag [tagName] - Name of the tag to be generated. Default version from package.json.
  • --commitPrefix [commigPrefix] - Prefix for commit message. Default is "[nexus-npm] -".
• $ nexus-npm verify - check if configuration is correct.
• $ nexus-npm clean - removes generated files.
• $ nexus-npm rollback - rollback the package.json to last status before a deploy execution.

Customizing .npmrc file

To customize .npmrc file use --npmrcPath or -p param.

Example

nexus-npm verify --npmrcPath /custom/path/.npmrc

or

nexus-npm verify -p /custom/path/.npmrc