Setting up a Node.js Environment Production

NodeEnv.md

Method 1

• Download node archive from https://nodejs.org
  • wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.10.1/node-v6.10.1-linux-x64.tar.xz
• Extract tarball
  • mkdir node
  • tar xvf node-v*.tar.?z --strip-components=1 -C ./node
• Configure prefix & symlinks for npm
  • mkdir node/etc
  • echo 'prefix=/usr/local' > node/etc/npmrc
• Moving binaries to installation loaction
  • sudo mv node /opt/
• Modifying permissions of directories and sub-directories
  • sudo chown -R root: /opt/node
• Symbolic links to binaries for default path
  • sudo ln -s /opt/node/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
  • sudo ln -s /opt/node/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npm
• Test Drive
  • node -v
    • v6.10.1

Method 2

• curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
• sudo apt-get install -y nodejs