athens/docs/content/install/managing-private-repos.md

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Managing private repos with .netrc files	Authenticate athens against private repos	10

Authenticate private repositories via .netrc

1. Create a .netrc file that looks like the following:

   machine <ip or fqdn>

   login <username>

   password <user password>

2. Tell Athens through an environment variable the location of that file

   ATHENS_NETRC_PATH=<location/to/.netrc>

3. Athens will copy the file into the home directory and override whatever .netrc file is in home directory. Alternatively, if the host of the Athens server already has a .netrc file in the home directory, then authentication should work out of the box.

Authenticate Mercurial private repositories via .hgrc

1. Create a .hgrc file with authentication data

2. Tell Athens through an environment variable the location of that file

   ATHENS_HGRC_PATH=<location/to/.hgrc>

3. Athens will copy the file into the home directory and override whatever .hgrc file is in home directory. Alternatively, if the host of the Athens server already has a .hgrc file in the home directory, then authentication should work out of the box.