Additional Settings for npm Virtual Repositories

In addition to the basic settings that are common for all virtual repositories, the following settings are available when configuring npm repositories.npm Registry

Basic Settings

Field	Description
Metadata Retrieval Cache Period (sec)	Defines the length of time (in seconds) to cache metadata files before checking for newer versions on aggregated repositories. A value of 0 indicates no caching. The default is 7200 seconds.

Advanced Settings

Field	Description
Enable Dependency Rewrite	When selected, external dependencies are rewritten.
Remote Repository for Cache	Defines the remote repository aggregated by this virtual repository in which the external dependency will be cached.
Patterns Allow List	Defines an Allow List of Ant-style path expressions that specify where external dependencies may be downloaded from. By default, this is set to , which means that dependencies may be downloaded from any external source. For example, if you wish to limit external dependencies to be downloaded only from github.com, you should add github.com (and remove the default expression).

Field

Description

Enable Dependency Rewrite

When selected, external dependencies are rewritten.

Remote Repository for Cache

Defines the remote repository aggregated by this virtual repository in which the external dependency will be cached.

Patterns Allow List

Defines an Allow List of Ant-style path expressions that specify where external dependencies may be downloaded from.

By default, this is set to **, which means that dependencies may be downloaded from any external source.

For example, if you wish to limit external dependencies to be downloaded only from github.com, you should add **github.com** (and remove the default ** expression).