bower-art-resolver

A custom Bower resolver dedicated to allow integration of Bower with Artifactory

Installation

npm install -g bower-art-resolver

In order to use Bower with Artifactory you need 2 components (npm packages):

1. bower-art-resolver - A custom, pluggable Bower resolver which is dedicated to allow integratione of Bower with Artifactory.
2. bower - Bower version 1.5.0 and above.

Client Configuration

Edit your ~/.bowerrc and add:

1. The bower-art-resolver.
2. The Artifactory URL as the first search URL.

{
    "registry": {
      "register": "https://bower.herokuapp.com",
      "search": [
        "http://<domain>/artifactory/api/bower/<bower-repo>"
      ]
    },
    "resolvers": [
      "bower-art-resolver"
    ]
}

For authenticated access, please add the user and password to Artifactory URL as follows:

"search": [
  "http://user:password@<domain>/artifactory/api/bower/<bower-repo>"
]

You can also use an encrypted Artifactory password.

Artifactory Configuration

Bower remote repository

1. Create a new remote repository and set its Package Type to be “Bower”. You might call it “bower-remote”
2. Set the Repository Key value, and enter the SCM URL e.g. https://github.com, https://bitbucket.org, http://remote.org/artifactory/api/vcs/vcs-repo, or enter your own custom VCS.
3. In the Bower Settings section, select GitHub as the Git Provider, and leave the default Registry URL (https://bower.herokuapp.com).
4. Finally, click "Save & Finish"

Bower local/virtual repository

1. Create a new local/virtual repository and enter a repository key. For example, "bower-local" or "bower-virtual".
2. Packages -> Check "Enable Bower Support" and enter your bower registry url (by default https://bower.herokuapp.com)
3. Save

Usage

Use the client to install packages from Artifactory, For example, bower install bootstrap

For more information, please refer to the Artifactory User Guide