To make node js or npm work behind a firewall

Get node compiled for Solaris from

http://www.petertribble.co.uk/Solaris/node.html

Note: after pkgadd, move Node to node. also modify this file /opt/node/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js

Disable strict ssl use

npm config set strict-ssl false

Set the regstry to non https

npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/

Verfy with npm config list

Then to install

npm --proxy http://username:password@proxy.doamin.com:8080 install packagename

Or by setting the proxy and then install

npm config set proxy http://user:pass@your-domain.com:8080/
npm config set http-proxy http://usr:pass@your-domain.com:8080/
npm config set https-proxy http://user:pass@your-domain.com:8080/

npm install expres

npm and bower

cat /root/.bowerrc

{
    "registry": "http://bower.herokuapp.com",
    "strict-ssl": false,
    "proxy":"http://user:password@your-domain.com:8080/",
    "https-proxy":""
}

git proxy and certficate or self sign issues

git config --global http.proxy http://proxyuser:proxypwd@proxy.server.com:8080
git config --global https.proxy https://proxyuser:proxypwd@proxy.server.com:8080

• change proxyuser to your proxy user
• change proxypwd to your proxy password
• change proxy.server.com to the URL of your proxy server
• change 8080 to the proxy port configured on your proxy server

git config --global --unset http.proxy
git config --global --unset https.proxy

If you have issues with self sign, try one of the below

git config --global http.sslverify "false"

or if you like to add a ca

git config –global http.sslcainfo /bin/certificate.crt