Explicitly set the npm registry.

playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml

@@ -474,3 +474,6 @@ edxapp_cms_variant: cms
 # Worker Settings
 worker_django_settings_module: 'aws'
 
+# NPM rc file
+edxapp_npmrc: "/usr/share/npm/npmrc"
+

playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml

@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@
   - "edxapp | restart edxapp_workers"
   tags: deploy
 
+# Set the npm registry
+- name: edxapp | Set the npm registry
+  lineinfile:
+    dest="{{ edxapp_npmrc }}"
+    regexp="registry = \"http://registry.npmjs.org/\""
+    line="registry = \"http://registry.npmjs.org/\""
+
 # Node play that need to be run after platform updates.
 - name: edxapp | Install edx-platform npm dependencies
   shell: npm install chdir={{ edxapp_code_dir }}