renovate/docs/faq.md

FAQ

If you need a specific behaviour and it's not mentioned here - or it's more complicated - feel free to raise an Issue - configuration questions are welcome in this repository.

Run renovate on all repositories that the account has access to

Set configuration option autodiscover to true, via CLI, environment, or configuration file. Obviously it's too late to set it in any renovate.json or package.json.

Support private npm modules

If you are running your own Renovate instance, then the easiest way to support private modules is to make sure the appropriate credentials are in .npmrc or ~/.npmrc;

If you are using a hosted Renovate instance (such as the Renovate app), and your package.json includes private modules, then you can:

1. Commit an .npmrc file to the repository, and Renovate will use this, or
2. Add the contents of your .npmrc file to the config field npmrc in your renovate.json or package.json renovate config
3. Add a valid npm authToken to the config field npmToken in your renovate.json or package.json renovate config
4. If using the GitHub App hosted service, authorize the npm user named "renovate" with read-only access to the relevant modules. This "renovate" account is used solely for the purpose of the renovate GitHub App.

Control renovate's schedule

Renovate itself will run as often as its administrator has configured it (e.g. hourly, daily, etc). But you may wish to update certain repositories less often, or even specific packages at a different schedule.

If you want to control the days of the week or times of day that renovate updates packages, use the timezone and schedule configuration options.