npm Enterprise can now be installed as a virtual appliance conforming to the Open Virtualization Format. If you already use a hypervisor or virtualization platform for your infrastructure (such as VMware), you can import and run an instance of this virtual appliance as a host VM instead of installing npm Enterprise on one of your existing hosts.
The appliance is distributed as an .ova
file, which is essentially a tarball containing a virtual machine template (.ovf
file), a virtual hard drive (.vmdk
file), and a manifest (.mf
file). Download the virtual appliance here.
Once you have downloaded the virtual appliance, check for binary completeness by comparing a SHA256 checksum of your download against the respective checksum file listed.