📦🔐 Verdaccio GitHub OAuth - With UI Support

A GitHub OAuth Plugin for Verdaccio – https://www.verdaccio.org

About

This is a Verdaccio plugin that offers GitHub OAuth integragtion for both the browser and the command line.

Features

• The Verdaccio login button redirects you to GitHub. If you have access, you return as a logged-in user. Logout works, too.
• The Verdaccio usage info is updated including copy-to-clipboard.
• Use the built-in command line tool for quick and easy npm configuration.
• Use GitHub organizations, teams, or repositories to configure permissions.

Compatibility

• Verdaccio 5
• Node 14, 16
• Chrome, Firefox, Firefox ESR, Edge, Safari

If you would like to use this with Verdaccio 3-4, Node.js 10-13, or IE you can use version 2 of the plugin.

Setup

Install

$ npm install verdaccio-github-oauth-ui

GitHub Config

• Create an OAuth app at https://github.com/settings/developers
• The callback URL should be YOUR_REGISTRY_URL/-/oauth/callback

Example:

Verdaccio Config

Merge the below options with your existing Verdaccio config:

middlewares:
  github-oauth-ui:
    enabled: true

auth:
  github-oauth-ui:
    org: GITHUB_ORG
    client-id: GITHUB_CLIENT_ID
    client-secret: GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET

    # optional, if you are using github enterprise
    enterprise-origin: GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_ORIGIN

# example package config, see https://verdaccio.org/docs/en/packages
packages:
  fooA:
    # example, limit actions to logged-in users (works in combination with other plugins such as htpasswd)
    access: $authenticated

    # example, limit actions to org members
    publish: github/GITHUB_ORG 

    # example, limit actions to team members
    unpublish: github/GITHUB_ORG/team/GITHUB_TEAM 
  bar:
    # example, limit actions to repository members (including outside collaborators)
    access: github/GITHUB_ORG/repo/GITHUB_REPO

Notes:

• The configured plugin options can either be the actual value or the name of an environment variable that contains the value.
• The plugin options can be specified under either the middlewares or the auth node.
• Ensure the plugin name is included under both middlewares and auth.

org

Users within this org will be able to authenticate.

client-id and client-secret

These values can be obtained from GitHub OAuth app page at https://github.com/settings/developers.

enterprise-origin (optional)

Set this if you are using GitHub Enterprise. Example: https://hostname

Proxy Config

If you are behind a proxy server, the plugin needs to know the proxy server in order to make GitHub requests.

Configure the below environment variable.

$ export GLOBAL_AGENT_HTTP_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:8080

See the global-agent docs for detailed configuration instrcutions.

Login

Verdaccio UI

• Click the login button and get redirected to GitHub.
• Authorize the registry to access your GitHub user and org info. You only need to do this once. If your org is private, make sure to click the Request or Grant button to get read:org access when prompted to authorize.
• Once completed, you'll be redirected back to the Verdaccio registry.

You are now logged in.

Command Line

Option A) Use the built-in CLI

The easiest way to configure npm is to use this short command:

$ npx verdaccio-github-oauth-ui --registry http://localhost:4873

Option B) Copy commands from the UI

• Verdaccio 5:

Open the "Register Info" dialog and klick "Copy to clipboard":

• Run the copied commands on your terminal:

$ npm config set //localhost:4873:_authToken "SECRET_TOKEN"
$ npm config set //localhost:4873:always-auth true

• Verify npm is set up correctly by running the whoami command. Example:

$ npm whoami --registry http://localhost:4873
n4bb12

If you see your GitHub username, you are ready to start installing and publishing packages.

Logout

Verdaccio UI

Click the Logout button as per usual.

Command Line

Unless OAuth access is revoked in the GitHub settings, the token is valid indefinitely.

Revoke Tokens

To invalidate your active login tokens you need to revoke access on the GitHub OAuth app:

• Go to https://github.com/settings/applications
• Find your Verdaccio app
• Click the Revoke button as shown below

If you have created the GitHub OAuth app, you can also revoke access for all users:

• Go to https://github.com/settings/applications
• Find your Verdaccio app
• Click the app name
• On the app detail page click the Revoke all user tokens button

Troubleshooting

"Failed requesting GitHub user info"

• Double-check your configured client id and client secret are correct.
• If you are behind a proxy, make sure you are also passing through the query parameters to Verdaccio, see https://github.com/n4bb12/verdaccio-github-oauth-ui/issues/47#issuecomment-643814163 for an nginx example.

Plugin not detected when installed globally

Verdaccio loads plugins by requiring them but global node_modules are NOT searched by the node resolve algorithm. Despite what examples or documentation might be suggesting, globally installed plugins are not supported. Some solutions that worked for others:

• If you are using npm, switch to yarn. yarn installs modules a bit differently, such that globally installed plugins are found.
• Create a package.json and install verdaccio + plugins locally.
• Add your global node_modules folder to the NODE_PATH environment variable to give node a hint to search for modules here, too.
• Extend the official docker image. See this docker.sh and Dockerfile in this example.

More info: https://github.com/n4bb12/verdaccio-github-oauth-ui/issues/13#issuecomment-435296117

"Your auth token is no longer valid. Please log in again."

• If you're using a private GitHub org, the org memberships might not be public. If this is the case, your org members need read:org permission. They can request this during fist login by clicking the Request or Grant button when prompted to authorize Verdaccio with GitHub. If you or a team member accidentally skipped this step, go to https://github.com/settings/applications, find your Verdaccio registry and grant read:org access from there.