Set up Python to use your internal registry

Set up pip to use an internal PyPI mirror by mounting a pip.conf file into your workspaces. .Prerequisites

About this task

You have an active oc session with your project. See This page is not included, but the link has been rewritten to point to the nearest parent document.Getting started with the CLI.
You know the URL of your internal PyPI mirror.

Procedure

Create a Secret to store the TLS certificate:

kind: Secret
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: tls-cert
  labels:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
    controller.devfile.io/watch-secret: 'true'
  annotations:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-path: /home/user/certs
    controller.devfile.io/mount-as: file
type: Opaque
data:
  tls.cer: >-
    <Base64_encoded_TLS_certificate>

where:

<Base64_encoded_TLS_certificate>: The Base64-encoded content of your internal PyPI mirror’s TLS certificate.

Apply the Secret to your project:
```
$ oc apply -f tls-cert.yaml -n <your_namespace>
```

Create a ConfigMap with your pip configuration:

Warning:

Applying a ConfigMap that sets environment variables might cause a workspace boot loop. If you encounter this behavior, remove the ConfigMap and edit the devfile directly.

kind: ConfigMap
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: pip-config
  labels:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'
    controller.devfile.io/watch-configmap: 'true'
  annotations:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-as: subpath
    controller.devfile.io/mount-path: /home/user/.config/pip
data:
  pip.conf: |
    [global]
    index-url = <your_internal_pypi_url>
    trusted-host = <your_internal_pypi_host>
    cert = /home/user/certs/tls.cer

where:

<your_internal_pypi_url>: The URL of your internal PyPI mirror.
<your_internal_pypi_host>: The hostname of your internal PyPI mirror.

Apply the ConfigMap to your project:
```
$ oc apply -f pip-config.yaml -n <your_namespace>
```
Start or restart your workspace.

Results

Open a terminal in your workspace.
Verify the pip configuration:
```
$ pip config list
```
Install a package to verify the configuration:
```
$ pip install requests
```