nodejs-cookbook

Installs node.js/npm and includes a resource for managing npm packages

Requirements

Platforms

• Debian/Ubuntu
• RHEL/CentOS/Scientific/Amazon/Oracle
• openSUSE

Note: Source installs require GCC 4.8+, which is not included on older distro releases

Chef

• Chef 12.14+

Cookbooks

• build-essential
• ark

Usage

Include the nodejs recipe to install node on your system based on the default installation method:

include_recipe "nodejs"

Install methods

Package

Install node from packages:

node['nodejs']['install_method'] = 'package' # Not necessary because it's the default
include_recipe "nodejs"
# Or
include_recipe "nodejs::nodejs_from_package"

By default this will setup deb/rpm repositories from nodesource.com, which include up to date NodeJS packages. If you prefer to use distro provided package you can disable this behavior by setting node['nodejs']['install_repo'] to false.

Binary

Install node from official prebuilt binaries:

node['nodejs']['install_method'] = 'binary'
include_recipe "nodejs"

# Or
include_recipe "nodejs::nodejs_from_binary"

# Or set a specific version of nodejs to be installed
node.default['nodejs']['install_method'] = 'binary'
node.default['nodejs']['version'] = '5.9.0'
node.default['nodejs']['binary']['checksum'] = '99c4136cf61761fac5ac57f80544140a3793b63e00a65d4a0e528c9db328bf40'

# Or fetch the binary from your own location
node.default['nodejs']['install_method'] = 'binary'
node.default['nodejs']['binary']['url'] = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/my-bucket/node-v7.8.0-linux-x64.tar.gz'
node.default['nodejs']['binary']['checksum'] = '0bd86f2a39221b532172c7d1acb57f0b0cba88c7b82ea74ba9d1208b9f6f9697'

Source

Install node from sources:

node['nodejs']['install_method'] = 'source'
include_recipe "nodejs"
# Or
include_recipe "nodejs::nodejs_from_source"

NPM

Npm is included in nodejs installs by default. By default, we are using it and call it embedded. Adding recipe nodejs::npm assure you to have npm installed and let you choose install method with node['nodejs']['npm']['install_method']

include_recipe "nodejs::npm"

Warning: This recipe will include the nodejs recipe, which by default includes nodejs::nodejs_from_package if you did not set node['nodejs']['install_method'].

Resources

npm_package

note: This resource was previously named nodejs_npm. Calls to that resource name will still function, but cookbooks should be updated for the new npm_package resource name.

npm_package let you install npm packages from various sources:

• npm registry:

  • name: property :package
  • version: property :version (optional)

• url: property :url

  • for git use git://{your_repo}

• from a json (package.json by default): property :json

  • use true for default
  • use a String to specify json file

Packages can be installed globally (by default) or in a directory (by using attribute :path)

You can specify an NPM_TOKEN environment variable for accessing NPM private modules by using attribute :npm_token

You can append more specific options to npm command with attribute :options array :

• use an array of options (w/ dash), they will be added to npm call.
• ex: ['--production','--force'] or ['--force-latest']

This LWRP attempts to use vanilla npm as much as possible (no custom wrapper).

Packages

npm_package 'express'

npm_package 'async' do
  version '0.6.2'
end

npm_package 'request' do
  url 'github mikeal/request'
end

npm_package 'grunt' do
  path '/home/random/grunt'
  json true
  user 'random'
end

npm_package 'my_private_module' do
  path '/home/random/myproject' # The root path to your project, containing a package.json file
  json true
  npm_token '12345-abcde-e5d4c3b2a1'
  user 'random'
  options ['--production'] # Only install dependencies. Skip devDependencies
end

Working Examples

Or add packages via attributes (which accept the same attributes as the LWRP above):

"nodejs": {
  "npm_packages": [
    {
      "name": "express"
    },
    {
      "name": "async",
      "version": "0.6.2"
    },
    {
      "name": "request",
      "url": "github mikeal/request"
    }
    {
      "name": "grunt",
      "path": "/home/random/grunt",
      "json": true,
      "user": "random"
    }
  ]
}

License & Authors

Author: Marius Ducea (marius@promethost.com) Author: Nathan L Smith (nlloyds@gmail.com) Author: Guilhem Lettron (guilhem@lettron.fr) Author: Barthelemy Vessemont (bvessemont@gmail.com)

Copyright: 2008-2017, Chef Software, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.