Nodejs doesn't work

[siancu]

Hi,

Just got into boxen and installed the default setup. But now I'm having problems with nodejs:

➜ ~ node
nodenv: couldn't find any version specified for use

Any ideas what's going on and how to solve this?

Thanks!

[carwin]

When you run boxen with the default set up, it doesn't actually do anything more than prepare NodeJS, you'll have to include it in a manifest somewhere.

For example, in my modules/people/manifests/carwin.pp I have:

class people::carwin {
  # NodeJS stuff
  class { 'nodejs::global': version => 'v0.10.5' }
  nodejs::module { 'bower': node_version => 'v0.10.5' }
  nodejs::module { 'ninja': node_version => 'v0.10.5' }
}

You'll probably want to examine the usage section of that boxen project.

[siancu]

Oh, I didn't know that was needed as well. Thanks!

[henry74]

I'm updated to the most recent version 3.4.7 nodejs pupplefile and I don't get this error anymore. I didn't need to actually include it in the manifest outside of the include statement.

[henry74]

Scratch that last comment, the error came back. I didn't really want to create a people manifest - is there a way to just default it in the site.pp manifest?

[wfarr]

Yes, just add the corresponding code to the default node in site.pp.

[henry74]

Thank @wfarr!

Here's the code you add to your site.pp manifest for others who come to this issue:

class { 'nodejs::global':
  version => 'v0.10'
}

You would place this inside the node default curly braces.

[suzzee]

Do I need to re-run the boxen script or can I manually install node with nodenv? (Spoiler: The latter doesn't work.)

[cyberrecon]

Hi henry74, thanks for posting that, it fixed the problem I was having. i love boxen