My node.js app uses a number of private shared modules hosted in git repos. I use git URLs like below in the dependencies block in package.json:
"xxx-accountMgr": "git+ssh://[email protected]:xxx/lib-account-mgr.git",
when "cf push" this errors during npm install on ssh:
npm ERR! git clone --template=/home/vcap/.npm/_git-remotes/_templates --mirror ssh://[email protected]/ipaas/lib-account-mgr.git /home/vcap/.npm/_git-remotes/ssh-git-github-xxx-ibm-com-xxx-lib-account-mgr-git-bf65c10c: ssh: Could not resolve hostname github.xxx.ibm.com: Name or service not known
i expected this as I haven't configured the ssh key in bluemix. is that possible? if not, what's the alternative to install modules from a private repo in bluemix?
If you are downloading a private module hosted on Git, you should be able to use https protocol (with creds) to access it.
There is a trick that could help avoid this issue if that is not an option for you:
1) Package private modules with your application (in node_modules)
2) Move the private modules to devDependencies in package.json, rather than dependencies, so that your local dev workflow is unaffected.
npm installwill installdependenciesanddevDependencies. By default, Bluemix will only installdependencies
Step 2 is necessary because even if you package the private node_modules with your application, staging for your application will fail because npm still tries to access your private repo to validate the dependency.
Also, if you had a .cfignore file ignoring the entire node_modules directory, that would have to be changed to ignore only the public modules.