The per-user configuration file (defaults to $HOME/.npmrc configurable via CLI option -userconfig or environment variable $NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG).

The per-project configuration file (/path/to/my/project/.npmrc).

It should also be observed that you need to use underscores instead of dashes, so -allow-same-version will be npm_config_allow_same_version=true. However, it should be noted that inside npm-scripts npm sets its own environment variables and Node prefers those lowercase versions over any uppercase ones that you might set. The config values are case-insensitive, so NPM_CONFIG_FOO=bar works the same as the lowercase version shown earlier. Any environment configurations that you do not given a value will be given the value of true. For instance, when you put npm_config_foo=bar in your environment, it will set the foo configuration parameter to bar. Finally, -name1 -name2 -bar will set both configuration parameters to true, and the bar is taken as a command argument.Īny environment variables that start with npm_config_ is interpreted as a configuration parameter. When you use -flag without specifying any value, will make the value to be set to true.Įxample: -name1 -name2 will set both configuration parameters to true, while -name1 -name2 will set name1 to true, and name2 to bar. A - argument will tell the cli parser to stop reading flags. When you put -foo bar on the command line, the foo configuration will be set to ?bar?. The configuration values for npm is gotten from the following sources, these sources are sorted by priority: This article is going to cover more than what you thought the npm configuration consists of.

package-locks An explanation of npm lockfiles.

package-lock.json A manifestation of the manifest.

rebuild, repo, restart, root and run-script commands.

pack, ping, prefix and profile commands.

install, install-ci-test and install-test commands.dedupe, deprecate and dist-tag commands.scripts How npm handles the 'scripts' field.

registry The JavaScript Package Registry.config More than you probably want to know about npm configuration.

Downloading packages to CI/deployment servers.

About audit reports and how to require two-factor authentication for package publishing and settings modification.

How to run a security audit with npm audit.

Understanding packages and modules and preventing permissions errors.

How to use semantic versioning,work with scoped packages and label packages with dist-tags.

How to create Node.js modules and how to publish & update a package.

How to install global packages, update global packages and uninstall global packages.

How to set up a new npm account & install npm.

Npm config set noproxy