Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons, running variations of Would use the npmrc CLI to switch profiles, created a plist and tried to This seemed straightforward enough, until it wasn’t! I wrote a script that Depending on where it is stored it will be treated as a daemon or an agent. The behavior of a daemon/agent is specified in a special XML file called a property list (plist). Website summarises how to create a daemon/agent as follows: My primary development machine is a MacBook Pro, my search for setting upĪ daemon on macOS lead me to.

Interval seemed like a reasonable solution, so I pursued that avenue. Agents and DaemonsĪutomating the switch between profiles by running a script on a regular I could focus purely on the automation work. The npmrc package worked perfectly despite not being updated in 5 years, andįinding an existing tool to manage the profiles saved me some time and meant Npm config set cafile $CA_FILEPATH # Switch back to the default profile Npm config set registry $CORPORATE_REGISTRY_URL

Npm config set registry back to default