Question about multiple marketplaces and private marketplace with auth

[Nik]

My approach to the limitations of marketplace in it’s current state ist to work around it.

As of Docker Compose v2.30.0 there is a Post-start hook which can be used to clone extensions right from Github and build them on container startup.

Be aware tho, that this significantly increases container startup time.

The relevant parts of the the docker-compose.yml:

name: service-stack
services:
  directus:
    image: directus/directus:11.2.2
    post_start:
      - command: >
          /bin/sh -c "
            # Install git
              apk add --no-cache git &&

            # Extension directus-extension-flexible-editor
            # https://github.com/formfcw/directus-extension-flexible-editor
            # Pull latest or clone the repo if it doesn't exist yet
            # This does log an error, as it triggers EXTENSION_AUTO_RELOAD but there is no dist folder yet.
              git -C /directus/extensions/directus-extension-flexible-editor pull || git clone https://github.com/formfcw/directus-extension-flexible-editor.git /directus/extensions/directus-extension-flexible-editor &&
            # Install dependencies with production=false to include devDependencies (devDependencies needed for building the extension)
              npm install --prefix /directus/extensions/directus-extension-flexible-editor --production=false &&
            # Build the extension
              npm run build --prefix /directus/extensions/directus-extension-flexible-editor &&
            # Touch the package.json to trigger EXTENSION_AUTO_RELOAD once again (this time with dist folder in place)
              touch /directus/extensions/directus-extension-flexible-editor/package.json

            # Repeat for other extensions
            # Extension directus-extension-generate-types
            # https://github.com/maltejur/directus-extension-generate-types
              git -C /directus/extensions/directus-extension-generate-types pull || git clone https://github.com/maltejur/directus-extension-generate-types.git /directus/extensions/directus-extension-generate-types &&
              npm install --prefix /directus/extensions/directus-extension-generate-types --production=false &&
              npm run build --prefix /directus/extensions/directus-extension-generate-types &&
              touch /directus/extensions/directus-extension-generate-types/package.json
          "
        # Run all of this as root
        user: root
    volumes:
      - ./data/directus/extensions:/directus/extensions
    environment:
      EXTENSIONS_AUTO_RELOAD: "true"

For private repos just clone with a valid token:
clone https://my_token@github.com/my_user/my_repo.git