How to use a private NuGet server (feed) on App Center

#appcenter #nuget

I would want to make private NuGet packages referred, and I surveyed it. I wrote down the result here in case I forgot.

Repository

https://github.com/muak/AppCenterPrivateNugetSample

Entire the repository isn't concerned with this article so much, but I hope this will help you with how to write Nuget.config.

Procedures

By some means, arrange a server in order to put your private Nuget package.
- Buy a MyGet license.
- Use VSTS private feed.
- Using VPS or cloud service, construct a server by myself.
Put a Nuget.config file in the same folder as .sln.
Setting environment variables on App Center.

1. Nuget server

It is OK to skip over this section.

First of all, I tried to use MyGet. But I gave up it because of using private feed in MyGet is not free.

Secondly, I tried to construct a nuget server using nuget.service package. But I gave up it because it did not correspond to ASP.NET core.

Then, I searched "nuget linux" with Google and hit the following site.

https://github.com/Daniel15/simple-nuget-server

And I found the docker image which corresponds to this.

https://github.com/rolfwessels/docker-simple-nuget-server

I tried to use it.

But it didn't work well. So I forked those projects and did trial and error.
The result is the following links.
Though I registered docker hub and that is available, it is just a suggestion because I hardly know docker knowledge.

https://hub.docker.com/r/kamu/docker-simple-nuget-server/

https://github.com/muak/simple-nuget-server
https://github.com/muak/docker-simple-nuget-server

2. Nuget.config

Create a Nuget.config file in the same folder as .sln and write as the following code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="nuget" value="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2" />
    <add key="MyNuget" value="https://mynuget.com" />
  </packageSources>
  <activePackageSource>
    <add key="All" value="(Aggregate source)" />
  </activePackageSource>
  <packageSourceCredentials>
    <MyNuget>
      <add key="Username" value="%private_nuget_user%" />
      <add key="ClearTextPassword" value="%private_nuget_pass%" />
    </MyNuget>
  </packageSourceCredentials>
</configuration>

https://intercom.help/appcenter/build/how-to-restore-a-private-nuget-feed

Though I referred from this, I changed default feed URL to VS for Mac default URL because it didn't work for some reason.

Add a private nuget server key-value (name / URL) to packageSources, and add the same name item as added key to packageSourceCredentials. and add user and password item there.
Parts of between % are environment variables which are set in AppCenter. Not to mention, they can be written directly there too.