Installs Node.js on RHEL/CentOS or Debian/Ubuntu.

Requires the EPEL repository on RedHat/CentOS (you can install it by simply adding the geerlingguy.repo-epel role to your playbook).

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

nodejs_version: "0.10"

The Node.js version to install. "0.10" is the default and works on all supported OSes. "0.12" and "4.x" are supported on the latest Debian/Ubuntu systems, and somewhat on RHEL/CentOS 7, but are not as stable on n-1 OS releases.

nodejs_forever: true

Whether to install Forever, a simple process manager for Node.js. With forever installed, you can start a Node.js app with the command forever start /path/to/app.js, and manage the app via forever much the same as you would manage other services on your server with service.

nodejs_npm_global_packages: []

Add a list of npm packages with a name and (optional) version to be installed globally. For example:

nodejs_npm_global_packages:
  # Install a specific version of a package.
  - name: jslint
    version: 0.9.3
  # Install the latest stable release of a package.
  - name: node-sass

None.

- hosts: utility
  vars_files:
    - vars/main.yml
  roles:
    - geerlingguy.nodejs

Inside vars/main.yml:

nodejs_forever: true
nodejs_npm_global_packages:
  - name: jslint
  - name: node-sass

MIT / BSD

This role was created in 2014 by Jeff Geerling, author of Ansible for DevOps.