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# Server configuration
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This is mostly basic linux server configuration stuff but I felt it important to document and share the steps I took to get verdaccio running permanently on my server. You will need root (or sudo) permissions for the following.
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## Running as a separate user
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First create the verdaccio user:
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```bash
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$ sudo adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'Verdaccio NPM mirror' verdaccio
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```
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You create a shell as the verdaccio user using the following command:
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```bash
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$ sudo su verdaccio
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$ cd ~
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```
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The 'cd ~' command send you to the home directory of the verdaccio user. Make sure you run verdaccio at least once to generate the config file. Edit it according to your needs.
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## Listening on all addresses
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If you want to listen to every external address set the listen directive in the config to:
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```yaml
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# you can specify listen address (or simply a port)
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listen: 0.0.0.0:4873
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```
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> Apache configure? Please check out Wiki ;-)
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## Keeping verdaccio running forever
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We can use the node package called 'forever' to keep verdaccio running all the time.
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https://github.com/nodejitsu/forever
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First install forever globally:
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```bash
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$ sudo npm install -g forever
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```
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Make sure you've started verdaccio at least once to generate the config file and write down the created admin user. You can then use the following command to start verdaccio:
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```bash
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$ forever start `which verdaccio`
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```
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You can check the documentation for more information on how to use forever.
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## Surviving server restarts
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We can use crontab and forever together to restart verdaccio after a server reboot.
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When you're logged in as the verdaccio user do the following:
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```bash
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$ crontab -e
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```
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This might ask you to choose an editor. Pick your favorite and proceed.
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Add the following entry to the file:
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```
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@reboot /usr/bin/forever start /usr/lib/node_modules/verdaccio/bin/verdaccio
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```
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The locations may vary depending on your server setup. If you want to know where your files are you can use the 'which' command:
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```bash
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$ which forever
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$ which verdaccio
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```
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