[How to] Unable run node js script under php (www-data can't run external program)

[Dolphin83]

Info:

• Docker version ($ docker --version): Docker version 18.06.1-ce, build e68fc7a
• Laradock commit ($ git rev-parse HEAD): 436df88
• System info (Mac, PC, Linux): Linux
• System info disto/version: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

Issue:

Unable run node js script under php

Expected behavior:

I should be able to run nodejs script under php

Relevant Code:

I have installed nodejs in workspace container

w1@linux:~/docker/laradock$ docker-compose exec -u laradock workspace bash
laradock@004db963f293:/var/www$ node -v
v10.10.0

When i try to run same under php it fails

use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException;
use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;

Route::get('/test', function () {
    $p = new Process('node -v');
    $p->run();
    if (!$p->isSuccessful()) {
        dump( new ProcessFailedException($p));
    } else {
        dump($p->getOutput());
    }
});

Output:

ProcessFailedException {#462 ▼
  -process: Process {#459 ▶}
  #message: """
    The command "node -v" failed.\n
    \n
    Exit Code: 127(Command not found)\n
    \n
    Working directory: /var/www/foo.local/public\n
    \n
    Output:\n
    ================\n
    \n
    \n
    Error Output:\n
    ================\n
    sh: 1: node: not found\n
    """
  #code: 0
  #file: "/var/www/foo.local/routes/web.php"
  #line: 44
  trace: {▶}
}

Let's find out which user performs code

Route::get('/test', function () {
    $p = new Process('whoami');
    $p->run();
    dump($p->getOutput());
});

Output:

"www-data\n"

So, user "www-data" does not know anything about installed node js

How i can fix it?

[vv12131415]

Hi!

The problem is not in the user www-data.

See what happens - you have installed the node under the workspace container
and you're checking if it is there by node -v

but the requests are by other container called php-fpm. And in the php-fpm you don't have node installed

So you should install node there - see the example in dockerfile of workspace

laradock/workspace/Dockerfile

Lines 447 to 468 in 538b6aa

	RUN if [ ${INSTALL_NODE} = true ]; then \
	# Install nvm (A Node Version Manager)
	mkdir -p $NVM_DIR && \
	curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash \
	&& . $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh \
	&& nvm install ${NODE_VERSION} \
	&& nvm use ${NODE_VERSION} \
	&& nvm alias ${NODE_VERSION} \
	&& if [ ${NPM_REGISTRY} ]; then \
	npm config set registry ${NPM_REGISTRY} \
	;fi \
	&& if [ ${INSTALL_NPM_GULP} = true ]; then \
	npm install -g gulp \
	;fi \
	&& if [ ${INSTALL_NPM_BOWER} = true ]; then \
	npm install -g bower \
	;fi \
	&& if [ ${INSTALL_NPM_VUE_CLI} = true ]; then \
	npm install -g @vue/cli \
	;fi \
	&& ln -s `npm bin --global` /home/laradock/.node-bin \
	;fi

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