Adding an upstream repository

Adding a public package repository or another CodeCatalyst package repository as an upstream repository to your downstream repository makes all of the packages in the upstream repository available to package managers that are connected to the downstream repository.

To add an upstream repository

1. In the navigation pane, choose Packages.

2. On the Package repositories page, choose the package repository that you want to add an upstream repository to.

3. Under the package repository's name, choose Upstreams and choose Select upstream repositories.

4. In Select upstream type, choose one of the following:

   • Gateway repositories

     You can choose from a list of available gateway repositories.

     Note

     To connect to public external package authorities such as Maven Central, npmjs.com, or Nuget Gallery, CodeCatalyst uses gateway repositories as intermediary repositories that search and store packages pulled from external repositories. This saves time and data transfer as all package repositories in a project will use packages from the gateway intermediary repository. For more information, see Connecting to public external repositories.

   • CodeCatalyst repositories

     You can choose from a list of available CodeCatalyst package repositories in your project.

5. When you've selected all of the repositories you want to add as upstream repositories, choose Select, and then choose Save.

   For more information about changing the search order of upstream repositories, see Editing the search order of upstream repositories.

When you've added an upstream repository, you can use a package manager that is connected to your local repository to fetch packages from the upstream repository. You do not need to update your package manager configuration. For more information about requesting package versions from an upstream repository, see Requesting a package version with upstream repositories.