# Unable to npm install private npm module using ciricleci 2.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-npm-install-private-npm-module-using-ciricleci-2-0/20375>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Tags:** npm\
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-npm-install-private-npm-module-using-ciricleci-2-0/20375 "2018-02-28T22:55:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kongakong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/kongakong/32/2276_2.png) [@kongakong](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/kongakong)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-npm-install-private-npm-module-using-ciricleci-2-0/20375/1 "2018-02-28T22:55:24Z")

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I have this step defined in my test job in circleci 2.0

```
  tests:
    docker:
      - image: buildpack-deps:trusty
    steps:
      - checkout
      - run:
          name: npm secret
          command: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" > ~/.npmrc

```

I have ssh’d to the container and verified that the .npmrc is properly created.

However, `npm install` still fails with

```
npm ERR! 404 'myprivatemodule' is not in the npm registry.
npm ERR! 404 You should bug the author to publish it
npm ERR! 404

```

npm works without issue in circleci 1.0

Any way to resolve this issue?

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**Author:** ![halfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/halfer/32/9083_2.png) [@halfer](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/halfer)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-npm-install-private-npm-module-using-ciricleci-2-0/20375/2 "2018-03-01T02:05:57Z")

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(Aside: would you edit your above log file to be code formatted please? If there are YAML errors, readers will not spot them unless it is correctly preformatted. Thank you).

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/unable-to-npm-install-private-npm-module-using-ciricleci-2-0/20375/3 "2018-06-18T11:40:21Z")

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