nodejs
Ansible Role: Node.js
Ansible role that installs on linux Node.js, npm and optionally does basic npm configuration.
Features
- ✔️ Installing Node.js
- You can define which version should be installed
- Double-check that the newest version of
npm
is installed
- ✔️
npm
configuration- Set global registry for an user
- Set prefix for an user
- Set default scope for an user
- Configure scopes for an user
- ✔️ Installing global
npm
packages that you wish - ✔️ Making sure that
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
Variable | Description | Default Value |
---|---|---|
nodejs_version |
Version of Node.js to be installed | 14 |
nodejs_npm_install_globally |
List of npm packages that should be installed globally |
[] |
nodejs_npm_config |
List on npm configurations - See in section How to configure npm |
[] |
How to configure npm
nodejs_npm_config
must be an array of objects. Here is how each object should look like:
Property | Description | Required |
---|---|---|
user |
User (one npm config per user) | Yes |
prefix |
npm prefix | No |
registry |
npm registry URL | No |
scopes |
List of scopes. Each scope must have name (without @ ) and registry . Look at playbook examples below. |
No |
default_scope |
Default scope | No |
Dependencies
None
Example Playbook
The simplest one
--- - hosts: all roles: - marverix.nodejs
Install globally
mocha
andeslint
--- - hosts: all roles: - role: marverix.nodejs vars: nodejs_npm_install_globally: - mocha - eslint
Set
npm
registry for userroot
, 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
BTW: Here is good blog post how to setup Nexus as your
npm
registry: https://blog.sonatype.com/using-nexus-3-as-your-repository-part-2-npm-packages
License
ISC
About
Ansible role that installs Node.js and configures npm
Install
ansible-galaxy install marverix/ansible-role-nodejs
License
isc
Downloads
175
Owner
Everyday normal Software Engineer