I do code and games and stuffs
I’m trying to run a Node.js app with private packages. These packages are hosted on GitHub packages. I created a personal access token and added a .npmrc file to my repository.
@my-org:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}
The token is provided my an environment variable.
When building the app on App Platform, I get this error:
backend | 12:18:10 Installing node_modules using yarn
backend | 12:18:11 yarn install v1.22.10
backend | 12:18:11 [1/4] Resolving packages...
backend | 12:18:11 error Couldn't find package "@my-org/my-package" on the "npm" registry.
backend | 12:18:11 info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.
backend | 12:18:11 unable to invoke layer creator
backend | 12:18:11 installing node_modules: exit status 1
backend | 12:18:11 ERROR: failed to build: exit status 1
backend | 12:18:11 ! Build failed (exit code 7)
Does App Platform not read the .npmrc file? Also why is it using yarn for installing the dependencies? I specifically avoided yarn because of problems with private GitHub packages.
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Hi @Salzian!
If a yarn.lock file exists, App Platform will use Yarn. Otherwise, if a package-lock.json file exists, it will use NPM. It seems like Yarn doesn’t read .npmrc files, so that’s why it’s failing trying to pull your private package.
Hey @Salzian I ran into the same issue and what I ended up doing (since the offending package was a Dockerized server) was ensure that I copied all shared packages to the Docker file. That worked for me.
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