Ansible Role: Node.js

This Ansible role helps you install Node.js and npm on Linux. It can also set some basic npm settings.

Features

• ✔️ Installs Node.js
  • You can choose which version to install
  • Makes sure the latest version of npm is installed
• ✔️ Configures npm
  • Sets the global registry for a user
  • Sets the prefix for a user
  • Sets a default scope for a user
  • Configures scopes for a user
• ✔️ Installs any global npm packages you want
• ✔️ Ensures the nodejs alias is available
• ✔️ Tested with Molecule Verify

Supported Platforms

• ✔️ Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)
• ✔️ Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)
• ✔️ Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)
• ✔️ CentOS 7
• ✔️ CentOS 8

Requirements

None

Role Variables

How to configure npm

nodejs_npm_config should be an array of objects. Each object should look like this:

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

1. The simplest playbook

   ---
   - hosts: all
     roles:
       - marverix.nodejs
   

2. Install mocha and eslint globally

   ---
   - hosts: all
     roles:
       - role: marverix.nodejs
         vars:
           nodejs_npm_install_globally:
             - mocha
             - eslint
   

3. Set npm registry for user root, set prefix, configure scopes, and set default scope:

   ---
   - hosts: all
     roles:
       - role: marverix.nodejs
         vars:
           nodejs_npm_config:
             - user: root
               prefix: /home/root/.node
               registry: https://nexus.example.org/repository/npm/
               scopes:
                 - name: example-int
                   registry: https://nexus.example.org/repository/npm-int/
                 - name: example2-int
                   registry: https://nexus.example2.org/repository/npm-int/
               default_scope: example-int
   

   You can find a good blog post about setting up Nexus as your npm registry here: https://blog.sonatype.com/using-nexus-3-as-your-repository-part-2-npm-packages

License

ISC