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-export HOME=/root
-export NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL=warn
-export NPM_CONFIG_COLOR=false
-export NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION=true
-#note node vesion in .elasticbeanstalk/*.jsons
-export NODE_VER=4.2.3
-export ARCH=x64
-export NGINX_VER=1.5.12
-export PATH="$PATH:/opt/elasticbeanstalk/node-install/node-v$NODE_VER-linux-$ARCH/bin/:/root/.npm"