Node.JS

Ansible role to install nodejs, npm and global npm packages on CentOS or Ubuntu.

This role is tested via TravisCI on following platforms:

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic)
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial)
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty)
• CentOS 7
• CentOS 6
• Debian 8 (Jessie)
• Debian 9 (Stretch)

This role is inspired by:

• https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-nodejs
• https://github.com/skandyla/ansible-role-nodejs

Requirements

No requirements.

Role Variables

Set the Node.JS version via the nodejs_version property. Can be one of "0.12", "4.x", "5.x", "6.x", "8.x", "10.x".

nodejs_version: 10.x

Configure NPM packages that will be installed globally via the npm_packages property. Use format [pkg1, pkg2, ..] or [{name: pkg1, version: 0.0.1}, {name: pkg2, version: 0.0.1}, ..].

npm_packages:
  - http-server
  - typescript
  - webpack
  - less

Dependencies

No dependencies.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: chaosmail.nodejs }

License

MIT

Author Information

Christoph Koerner