How to use private repositories with Composer

Parameters#

Parameters	Details
repositories	Tells Composer where it can download the required packages.
type: vcs	Tells Composer how to treat the repository.
url: https://…	Tells Composer where is the repository.
## Remarks#
Use the `type: "vcs"` syntax to use private repositories.

To manage access to the private repository while developing on a local machine, use an auth.json file and don’t commit it in you project repository. Instead, give access to each single developer to the private repository so, using each one his/her own NOT COMMITTED auth.json file, they can fetch the remote repository with composer install or composer update.

Tip: Put the auth.json file in the .gitignore file of your git repository.

If you are using a continuous integration system, use the COMPOSER_AUTH environment variable.

composer.json syntax

{
    "name": "your/package",
    "license": "proprietary",
    "type": "project",
    "description": "How to load an external private Composer package.",
    ...
    "require": {
        "your/private_package": "*"
    },
    ...
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "https://example.com/Your/private-package.git"
        }
    ]
}