Installing Bower Package behind a proxy

Question

I am struggling with the Bower's installation behind my company's network. Despite of setting npm proxy and bower proxy (in the .bowerrc file), as suggested in many other posts, I still get this error:

bower ECONNREFUSED Request to https://bower.herokuapp.com/packages/bootstrap-sass-official failed: connect ECONNREFUSED

On the other hand node, npm and grunt seem to work well. Can anybody help with some other idea about how to tackle the problem?

Answer 1

Try to create a file named ".bowerrc" inside your user profile (usually at "C:/Users/[YOUR USERNAME]" or "%USERPROFILE%" shortcut). Try to put this inside your file and save:

{
  "registry": "http://bower.herokuapp.com"
}

If that doesn't work, try to put this:

{
  "registry": "http://bower.herokuapp.com",
  "proxy": "http://<user>:<pwd>@proxy.host.br:8080",
  "https-proxy": "http://<user>:<pwd>@proxy.host.br:8080",
  "strict-ssl": false
}

PS.: You will need to know your company's proxy address.