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Apache2 as Reverse Proxy for NPM Registry Proxies in Sonatype Nexus 3

I use a NPM registry proxy in Sonatype Nexus 3 behind an Apache2 as reverse proxy. With the “standard” Apache2 VirtualHost configuration


<VirtualHost:80>

  ProxyRequests Off
  <Proxy *>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
  </Proxy>
  ProxyPass / http://localhost:8081/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8081/

</VirtualHost:80>

I got following failure when I tried to install the dependency @sinonjs/formatio.

$ yarn add @sinonjs/formatio --verbose
yarn add v1.3.2
warning package.json: No license field
verbose 0.337 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/workspace/yarn-test-module/.npmrc".
verbose 0.337 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/.npmrc".
verbose 0.337 Found configuration file "/home/sparsick/.npmrc".
verbose 0.337 Checking for configuration file "/usr/etc/npmrc".
verbose 0.338 Found configuration file "/usr/etc/npmrc".
verbose 0.338 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/workspace/yarn-test-module/.npmrc".
verbose 0.338 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/workspace/.npmrc".
verbose 0.338 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/.npmrc".
verbose 0.338 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/.npmrc".
verbose 0.338 Found configuration file "/home/sparsick/.npmrc".
verbose 0.338 Checking for configuration file "/home/.npmrc".
verbose 0.341 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/workspace/yarn-test-module/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.342 Found configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/workspace/yarn-test-module/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.343 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.344 Found configuration file "/home/sparsick/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.344 Checking for configuration file "/usr/etc/yarnrc".
verbose 0.344 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/workspace/yarn-test-module/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.345 Found configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/workspace/yarn-test-module/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.345 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/workspace/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.345 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/dev/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.345 Checking for configuration file "/home/sparsick/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.345 Found configuration file "/home/sparsick/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.345 Checking for configuration file "/home/.yarnrc".
verbose 0.347 current time: 2018-02-27T08:04:43.357Z
warning yarn-test-module: No license field
[1/4] Resolving packages...
verbose 0.45 Performing "GET" request to "http://mycompany/repository/npm-public/@sinonjs%2fformatio".
verbose 0.55 Request "http://mycompany/repository/npm-public/@sinonjs%2fformatio" finished with status code 404.
verbose 0.551 Error: Couldn't find package "@sinonjs/formatio" on the "npm" registry.
at /usr/lib/node_modules/yarn/lib/cli.js:49061:15
at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
at step (/usr/lib/node_modules/yarn/lib/cli.js:92:30)
at /usr/lib/node_modules/yarn/lib/cli.js:103:13
at <anonymous>
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7)
error Couldn't find package "@sinonjs/formatio" on the "npm" registry.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add for documentation about this command.</span>

The problem is that Apache2 canonicalizes URLs as default. So I have to configure Apache2 to not canonicalize URLs and additionally, I have to allow encoded slashes:


<VirtualHost:80>

  ProxyRequests Off
  <Proxy *>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
  </Proxy>
  ProxyPass / http://localhost:8081/ nocanon
  ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8081/

  AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode

</VirtualHost:80>

With the above Apache2 Virtualhost configuration I could install my dependency via the NPM registry proxy.


$ yarn add @sinonjs/formatio

yarn add v1.3.2
warning package.json: No license field
info No lockfile found.
warning yarn-test-module: No license field
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Saved lockfile.
success Saved 2 new dependencies.
├─ @sinonjs/formatio@2.0.0
└─ samsam@1.3.0
warning yarn-test-module: No license field
Done in 0.60s.

Big thanks to Sonatype support team, that gave me this advice.


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How to Configure Apache2 as Forward and Reverse Proxy

This is a cook recipe to configure an Apache2 as a forward and reverse proxy on Debian-based Linux systems like Ubuntu or Debian itself.

Installation

It is assumed that the apache2 package is already installed on your system. For the proxy feature, we have to install the Apache2 module libapache2-mod-proxy-html on the system and activate theses Apache modules. At the end, Apache2 has to be restarted, so that the modules can be used.


sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-proxy-html
sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_html
sudo a2enmod proxy_http
sudo service apache2 restart

Configuration Forwarding and Rewarding

We want to forward the URL request http://jenkins.mycompany.com to http://jenkins.mycompany.com:8083 and rewarding http://jenkins.mycompany.com:8083 to http://jenkins.mycompany.com for every response.

For that, we have to create a so-called Virtual Host in Apache2. It is easiest to copy the configuration of the default one and adjust it.


cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
sudo cp 000-default.conf jenkins_ci.conf

It is best practice to create one conf file per Virtual Host. Adding and removing Virtual Host is easier with this approach.

The content of the Virtual Host configuration should look similar to the following one:


<VirtualHost jenkins.mycompany.com:80>
ServerName jenkins.mycompany.com

ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

ProxyRequests Off
<Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Proxy>
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8083/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8083/

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

We have to add the host name (in this case jenkins.my.company.com) to the line 1 and 2, so that Apache2 knows for which host name is this Virtual Host. In line 11 and 12 the mapping is configured (in this case, everything that call the host name directly should be forwarded to http://localhost:8083; the opposite for rewarding).

At the end this configuration has to be enabled.


sudo a2ensite jenksin_ci.conf
sudo service apache2 reload

 

Further Information

  1. https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Apache/mod_proxy_html/
  2. https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Apache/Virtual_Hosts/