Ansible Role: Node.js

Installs Node.js on RHEL/CentOS or Debian/Ubuntu.

Requirements

Requires the EPEL repository on RedHat/CentOS (you can install it by simply adding the geerlingguy.repo-epel role to your playbook).

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

nodejs_version: "0.10"

The Node.js version to install. "0.10" is the default and works on all supported OSes. Other versions such as "0.12", "4.x", and "5.x" should work on the latest versions of Debian/Ubuntu and RHEL/CentOS, but may be less stable on older operating systems (like CentOS 6).

nodejs_forever: true

Whether to install Forever, a simple process manager for Node.js. With forever installed, you can start a Node.js app with the command forever start /path/to/app.js, and manage the app via forever much the same as you would manage other services on your server with service.

nodejs_npm_global_packages: []

Add a list of npm packages with a name and (optional) version to be installed globally. For example:

nodejs_npm_global_packages:
  # Install a specific version of a package.
  - name: jslint
    version: 0.9.3
  # Install the latest stable release of a package.
  - name: node-sass

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: utility
  vars_files:
    - vars/main.yml
  roles:
    - geerlingguy.nodejs

Inside vars/main.yml:

nodejs_forever: true
nodejs_npm_global_packages:
  - name: jslint
  - name: node-sass

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2014 by Jeff Geerling, author of Ansible for DevOps.