/usr/bin/env: 'node' no such file or directory when terraform_wrapper is set to true

[dimisjim]

Hey there,

I tried using setup-terraform with terraform_wrapper se to true, but getting

I am running this in a self-hosted, dockerized runner.
I have tried installing node in the container before running the action but it still fails. I have also tried to install node from within the workflow yaml, but still getting the same.

I have resorted to disable the terraform_wrapper, which then makes the whole workflow run fine.

Could you look into it?

[daroga0002]

I have exactly same issue

[daroga0002]

I have found solution to this. Running on self runner you must check availability of node binary in:
/usr/local/bin/node

in my Ubuntu case following helped:

apt update
apt install nodejs
ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/local/bin/node

[buttsp]

@daroga0002 i did the above you suggested, but then i get the error at Terraform init:

failed 4 minutes ago in 7s

Run hashicorp/setup-terraform@v1
  with:
    cli_config_credentials_hostname: app.terraform.io
    terraform_version: latest
    terraform_wrapper: true
  env:
    ARM_CLIENT_ID: ***
    ARM_CLIENT_SECRET: ***
    ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ***
    ARM_TENANT_ID: ***
    TF_VAR_location: westeurope
    TF_VAR_resource_name: ***-devops-dev
    TF_VAR_sql_user: ***
    TF_VAR_sql_password: ***
/usr/bin/unzip -q /home/github-runner-elsa/actions-runner/_work/_temp/fe1b5c37-f386-4451-a746-9fcd852091b0
0s
**Run terraform -chdir=./src/infra init**
  terraform -chdir=./src/infra init
  shell: /bin/bash -e {0}
  env:
    ARM_CLIENT_ID: ***
    ARM_CLIENT_SECRET: ***
    ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ***
    ARM_TENANT_ID: ***
    TF_VAR_location: westeurope
    TF_VAR_resource_name: ***-devops-dev
    TF_VAR_sql_user: ***
    TF_VAR_sql_password: ***
    TERRAFORM_CLI_PATH: /home/github-runner-elsa/actions-runner/_work/_temp/xxxxxx-d062dfaaf7b7
/home/github-runner-elsa/actions-runner/_work/_temp/xxxxx-062dfaaf7b7/terraform:75
**function cp(source, dest, options = {}) {**
                                  ^

**SyntaxError: Unexpected token =**
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:374:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:442:10)
    at startup (node.js:136:18)
    at node.js:966:3
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

[daroga0002]

as per me one of your variables seems having some special character what is causing that it escape from variable and breaking action nodejs code

[buttsp]

@daroga0002 that was indeed the problem in the end! The variable had a special character, which i have now removed and the pipeline works fine!

[jwenz723]

I experienced this same issue and resolved the issue by adding the following into my workflow:

steps:
# https://github.com/actions/setup-node
- uses: actions/setup-node@v2
  with:
    node-version: '14'

[jimrazmus]

Possibly related issue: actions/setup-node#224

[sr-apotapov]

We have exactly same issue

[luka5]

I did run just run into the same issue. As mentioned in the README.md: NodeJS must be previously installed with the version specified in the [action.yml](https://github.com/hashicorp/setup-terraform/blob/main/action.yml).. This is caused by the fact, that terraform is not the binary but a NodeJS wrapper.

You can install NodeJS in your runner environment, or you can run the setup-node action. But actually, NodeJS is already installed. The setup-terraform action runs on node20 provided by the runner as an external.

To utilize this runner external, you need to determine its path. For the https://ghcr.io/actions/actions-runner image it is /home/runner/externals/node20/bin/. Then export and extend the PATH variable in the step where you run terraform:

export PATH="${PATH}:/home/runner/externals/node20/bin/"

This could actually by an idea for the terraform wrapper here. If you somehow manage to get the path of the node external, you could automatically utilize this NodeJS installation.