Private pypi repository with basic auth used to work in previous versions about buildout

[ale-rt]

This is not a solution for the problem you posted but it might help.
If not ignore this.
I do not use any extension to access password protected repos and I try not to add secrets in my buildout cfgs.
I just configure my ~/.pypirc like:

[distutils]
index-servers =
    ...
    private

...

[private]
repository=https://private.example.com/
username=user
password=...

[goschtl]

Hi,

do you have tried to use this extension?

https://pypi.org/project/cykooz.buildout.basicauth/

Maybe it helps you with your Problem.

• Christian

[shamirapz]

@goschtl @ale-rt Thanks for your comments. I have tried both methods using buildout 3.0.0rc3 and unfortunately neither works.
It appears that the sections of code in how buildout installs packages have been completely rewritten. A couple of notes that I can drop here if someone else hit the same issue:

• ~/.pypirc is ignored, none of the changes made in it were seen by buildout. It is mainly used by twine to upload packages.
• It also appears that buildout 3.0.0rc3 doesn't read pip.conf. Combining pip.conf and ~/.netrc made pip work with basic authentication. Buildout doesn't see such configurations directly nor indirectly.

[gotcha]

Just to be sure: did it work for you with 2.x ? Or am I right that you only tried 3.x ?

[2silver]

This is not a solution for the problem you posted but it might help. If not ignore this. I do not use any extension to access password protected repos and I try not to add secrets in my buildout cfgs. I just configure my ~/.pypirc like:

[distutils]
index-servers =
    ...
    private

...

[private]
repository=https://private.example.com/
username=user
password=...

Works, I use 2.x