Can conda be configured to use a private pypi repo?

I have users that create both conda and pip packages- I have no control over this

I use artifactory to host private conda and pip repos, for example this is how a private pip repo works: https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/PyPI+Repositories

Sometimes there is a private pip package a conda environment or package needs. How can I configure conda to get my private pip packages from my private repo?

I haven't found documentation on this. I would like for this to be transparent for users as much as possible- so they set up their config once and in their conda environment they can easily specify a private pip package and it just works

Solution

Conda won't search PyPI or alternative pip-compatible indexes automatically, but one can still use the --index-url or --extra-index-url flags when using pip install. E.g.,

Ad Hoc Installation

# activate environment
conda activate foo

# ensure it has `pip` installed
conda list pip

# install with `pip`
pip install --extra-index-url http://localhost:8888 bar

YAML-based environments

foo.yaml

name: foo
channels:
  - defaults
dependencies:
  - python
  - pip
  - pip:
    - --extra-index-url http://localhost:8888
    - bar

Environment creation

conda env create -f foo.yaml