artifactory npm repository unable to install

Question

After I installed Artifactory V5.5.1 and with one-click npm setup. I added it to my npm registry, and use npm install something, gives me Cannot read property 'replace' of null. I checked the ~/.npm/npm/underscore/ directory, it was all empty (artifactory and npm is running behind nginx, and given an internal domain)

I've tried npm v3 and v4, with both node v6 and v8

following are the logs of running npm i underscore

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/node',
1 verbose cli   '/Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli   'i',
1 verbose cli   'underscore' ]
2 info using npm@4.6.1
3 info using node@v8.4.0
4 silly install loadCurrentTree
5 silly install readLocalPackageData
6 silly fetchPackageMetaData underscore
7 silly fetchNamedPackageData underscore
8 silly mapToRegistry name underscore
9 silly mapToRegistry using default registry
10 silly mapToRegistry registry http://npm/
11 silly mapToRegistry data Result {
11 silly mapToRegistry   raw: 'underscore',
11 silly mapToRegistry   scope: null,
11 silly mapToRegistry   escapedName: 'underscore',
11 silly mapToRegistry   name: 'underscore',
11 silly mapToRegistry   rawSpec: '',
11 silly mapToRegistry   spec: 'latest',
11 silly mapToRegistry   type: 'tag' }
12 silly mapToRegistry uri http://npm/underscore
13 verbose request uri http://npm/underscore
14 verbose request no auth needed
15 info attempt registry request try #1 at 13:55:04
16 verbose request id 2cf11cb542a89762
17 http request GET http://npm/underscore
18 http 200 http://npm/underscore
19 verbose headers { date: 'Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:55:04 GMT',
19 verbose headers   'content-type': 'application/json',
19 verbose headers   'transfer-encoding': 'chunked',
19 verbose headers   connection: 'keep-alive',
19 verbose headers   server: 'Artifactory/5.5.1',
19 verbose headers   'x-artifactory-id': '270f055a61f21c28:-11c3536d:16102a8c182:-8000',
19 verbose headers   etag: '546fb6762c99c7ac3b7648e8dfe320681065d0ba' }
20 silly get cb [ 200,
20 silly get   { date: 'Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:55:04 GMT',
20 silly get     'content-type': 'application/json',
20 silly get     'transfer-encoding': 'chunked',
20 silly get     connection: 'keep-alive',
20 silly get     server: 'Artifactory/5.5.1',
20 silly get     'x-artifactory-id': '270f055a61f21c28:-11c3536d:16102a8c182:-8000',
20 silly get     etag: '546fb6762c99c7ac3b7648e8dfe320681065d0ba' } ]
21 verbose get saving underscore to /Users/Joesonw/.npm/npm/underscore/.cache.json
22 verbose correctMkdir /Users/Joesonw/.npm correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
23 verbose makeDirectory /Users/Joesonw/.npm creation not in flight; initializing
24 silly makeDirectory /Users/Joesonw/.npm uid: 501 gid: 20
25 silly install normalizeTree
26 silly install loadIdealTree
27 silly install cloneCurrentTreeToIdealTree
28 silly install loadShrinkwrap
29 silly install loadAllDepsIntoIdealTree
30 silly resolveWithNewModule underscore@1.8.3 checking installable status
31 silly currentTree npmtest@1.0.0
32 silly idealTree npmtest@1.0.0
32 silly idealTree └── underscore@1.8.3
33 silly install generateActionsToTake
34 silly diffTrees action count 1
35 silly diffTrees add underscore@1.8.3
36 silly decomposeActions action count 8
37 silly decomposeActions fetch underscore@1.8.3
38 silly decomposeActions extract underscore@1.8.3
39 silly decomposeActions test underscore@1.8.3
40 silly decomposeActions preinstall underscore@1.8.3
41 silly decomposeActions build underscore@1.8.3
42 silly decomposeActions install underscore@1.8.3
43 silly decomposeActions postinstall underscore@1.8.3
44 silly decomposeActions finalize underscore@1.8.3
45 silly install executeActions
46 silly doSerial global-install 0
47 silly doParallel fetch 1
48 verbose correctMkdir /Users/Joesonw/.npm/_locks correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
49 verbose makeDirectory /Users/Joesonw/.npm/_locks creation not in flight; initializing
50 silly makeDirectory /Users/Joesonw/.npm/_locks uid: 501 gid: 20
51 verbose lock using /Users/Joesonw/.npm/_locks/staging-35a192c1000dd88d.lock for /Users/Joesonw/test/npmtest/node_modules/.staging
52 silly doParallel extract 1
53 silly extract underscore@1.8.3
54 silly addNamed underscore@1.8.3
55 verbose addNamed "1.8.3" is a plain semver version for underscore
56 silly mapToRegistry name underscore
57 silly mapToRegistry using default registry
58 silly mapToRegistry registry http://npm/
59 silly mapToRegistry data Result {
59 silly mapToRegistry   raw: 'underscore',
59 silly mapToRegistry   scope: null,
59 silly mapToRegistry   escapedName: 'underscore',
59 silly mapToRegistry   name: 'underscore',
59 silly mapToRegistry   rawSpec: '',
59 silly mapToRegistry   spec: 'latest',
59 silly mapToRegistry   type: 'tag' }
60 silly mapToRegistry uri http://npm/underscore
61 verbose addNameVersion registry:http://npm/underscore not in flight; fetching
62 verbose get http://npm/underscore not expired, no request
63 silly mapToRegistry name underscore
64 silly mapToRegistry using default registry
65 silly mapToRegistry registry http://npm/
66 silly mapToRegistry data Result {
66 silly mapToRegistry   raw: 'underscore',
66 silly mapToRegistry   scope: null,
66 silly mapToRegistry   escapedName: 'underscore',
66 silly mapToRegistry   name: 'underscore',
66 silly mapToRegistry   rawSpec: '',
66 silly mapToRegistry   spec: 'latest',
66 silly mapToRegistry   type: 'tag' }
67 silly mapToRegistry uri http://npm/underscore
68 verbose addRemoteTarball ://npm:80/api/npm/npm/underscore/download/underscore-1.8.3.tgz not in flight; adding
69 verbose stack TypeError: Cannot read property 'replace' of null
69 verbose stack     at cf (/Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-cache-filename/index.js:11:17)
69 verbose stack     at addRemoteTarball (/Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache/add-remote-tarball.js:37:13)
69 verbose stack     at /Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache/add-named.js:217:9
69 verbose stack     at mapToRegistry (/Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/map-to-registry.js:62:3)
69 verbose stack     at fetchit (/Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache/add-named.js:191:7)
69 verbose stack     at /Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache/add-named.js:187:21
69 verbose stack     at /Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:284:29
69 verbose stack     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)
70 verbose cwd /Users/Joesonw/test/npmtest
71 verbose Darwin 16.7.0
72 verbose argv "/Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/node" "/Users/Joesonw/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/npm" "i" "underscore"
73 verbose node v8.4.0
74 verbose npm  v4.6.1
75 error Cannot read property 'replace' of null
76 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Answer 1

I was running artifactory behind a nginx, and used the confs given by artifactory docs.

It turns out 'X-Artifactory-Override-Base-Url' would mess up with npm.

It would have npm returned package zip file links in url like :// instead of http://