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Re:NPM Is Down by justin_oaks on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @12:14PM (#29568783)
Do businesses that run Node.js use some sort of caching proxy to protect from cases like this, or does npm make something like that difficult to implement?
Re:NPM Is Down by oweiler on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @03:10PM (#29570990)
Re:NPM Is Down by justin_oaks on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @05:52PM (#29572604)
Exactly what I was looking for. The linked page even describes how to configure the npm CLI to default to the company registry.
Re:NPM Is Down by ingalls on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:35PM (#29569858)
Generally Docker. We install all required node deps during our docker build to ensure that running the platform does not require npm.
Re:NPM Is Down by justin_oaks on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @02:59PM (#29570852)
Makes sense. Using Docker would make sure you can deploy existing software.

NPM being down would prevent upgrading libraries or rebuilding the Docker image, but that'd only be a problem if NPM was down for a long time.