What do I need to do to create a self hosted NuGet feed

Question

I would like to create a custom nuget feed at work, but the computer that I want to host it from doesn't have IIS installed and I can't get it installed either. So I wanted to create my own self-hosted feed, but I'm not sure where to start. I already have a visualSVN server running on this computer, so I know that apache is already installed. Is there a way to host a nuget feed without IIS?

Answer 1

You should be able to use a share. See the section Creating Local Feeds here.

So, if your share is located at \\server\nugetfeed, replace c:\LocalNuGetFeed in the example with that location.

Answer 2

Yes, you can have a local feed running just from a directory on the computer. Once the packages are in a folder, you then need to add that folder as a local NuGet feed in Visual Studio.

Here are a couple of links describing the process:

http://docs.nuget.org/docs/creating-packages/hosting-your-own-nuget-feeds

and this one is a bit older but still relevant I believe:

http://haacked.com/archive/2010/10/21/hosting-your-own-local-and-remote-nupack-feeds.aspx

Answer 3

You could install IIS Express. It could be a simpler solution worth a try if you already know you cannot put the full IIS on the machine.

Unless the same reasons you can't install IIS apply to IIS Express...

Answer 4

Even though it may be too late at this point, my company's product ProGet was designed for hosting private NuGet feeds and ships with an integrated web server - and it looks like the free edition will suit your use case just fine.