Ansible NodeJS

An Ansible role that installs NodeJS & NPM on Ubuntu based on the official installation instructions.

Requirements

N/A

Role Variables

nodejs_version: version of node to install

nodejs_install_packages: A list of packages to install with the npm module. Set it to [] if no packages are required.

All available options used in the npm module can be used here as well. Set it exactly the same as the pip module, e.g.

nodejs_install_packages:
  - name: lodash
    global: true
  - name: request
    state: present
    version: 2.88.0
    global: true
    production: true
    ignore_scripts: true
  - ...

Dependencies

N/A

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  become: true
  pre_tasks:
    - name: Update apt cache.
      apt:
        update_cache: true
        cache_valid_time: 600
      changed_when: false
  roles:
     - role: ansible-nodejs

License

GPLv3

Author Information

https://calvin.me