I’m having trouble getting npm install to work properly when I’m behind a corporate firewall. I’ve already attempted to modify the proxy settings in my .npmrc configuration file, but the packages still won’t download automatically. Here’s what I tried in my .npmrc file: proxy=http://proxy.company.com:8080 https-proxy=http://proxy.company.com:8080 The installation process keeps timing out and I get connection errors. I really don’t want to have to manually download each package since that would take forever. Has anyone found a reliable solution for this? What am I missing in my proxy configuration?
try running npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/ instead of https - sometimes that’s the issue. also check if you need to add proxy-timeout=60000 to your npmrc file cause corporate proxies can be slow af
Check if your corporate network needs authentication through environment variables instead of .npmrc. I hit the same issue and setting HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY in system environment variables worked way better than the config file. Try running these in your command prompt before npm install: set HTTP_PROXY=http://username:[email protected]:8080 set HTTPS_PROXY=http://username:[email protected]:8080. Double-check the proxy server address with IT - some companies use different internal proxy addresses. Even when proxy config works, npm can still fail because of certificate issues from corporate firewalls doing SSL inspection.
Corporate proxy timeout issues with npm install usually come down to auth problems or SSL verification. Add your credentials to .npmrc like this: proxy=http://username:[email protected]:8080 and set up HTTPS the same way. Got special characters in your password? URL encode them. You can try strict-ssl=false as a quick fix, but it’s less secure. Also worth checking with IT about your exact proxy setup - sometimes HTTP and HTTPS use different ports.