Ansible task to install nvm and nodeJS

install NVM and nodeJS.yml

#first seen here: http://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/63701/Ansible-task-to-install-nvm-and-node
# Here is how to install nvm and node in an Ansible task.
# I tried a bunch of different things, and as usual it's simple, but you have to get it right.
# The important part is that you have to shell with /bin/bash -c and source nvm.sh
---
- name: Install nvm
  shell: >
    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.7.0/install.sh | sh
    creates=/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/.nvm/nvm.sh

- name: Install node and set version
  shell: >
    /bin/bash -c "source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install 0.10 && nvm alias default 0.10"
    creates=/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/.nvm/alias

Cool! Thanks!

You could use "args" to specify the /bin/bash executable to make this example a little bit more elegant.

http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/shell_module.html

I installed Node like this:

- name: Install Node.js
  shell: '. {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install node'
  args:
    creates: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/versions/node"
    chdir: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}"
    executable: /bin/bash

I'm trying to default node to version 9.11.1, but its not taking up.
any idea why its not happening_

    - name: Install Node.js
      shell: '. {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm alias default 9.11.1'
      args:
        chdir: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}"
        executable: /bin/bash

Corrected:
its working, I had to close the terminal and open another one, or do source to see the changes.

Here's what works for me, and can be extended for more than one node version:

- name: "nvm"
  shell: >
    curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
  args:
    executable: /bin/bash
    chdir: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}"
    creates: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/nvm.sh"

- name: "node"
  shell: >
    . {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install {{ item }}
  args:
    executable: /bin/bash
    chdir: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}"
    creates: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/versions/{{ item }}"
  loop:
    - node

+1 to this whole thread, thanks for the tips and dialog!

https://github.com/leonidas/ansible-nvm/blob/646c61d175e2b8c6c768bac6d80347ba3f0a960d/tasks/main.yml

---

• hosts: webservers
  user: ec2-user
  roles:
  • { role: ansibl-nvm, sudo: yes }
    nvm:
    user: ec2-user
    version: v0.34.0
    node_version: '6.9.0'

Update:

• Updated paths for nvm v0.38
• Make it work with become
• Setup .profile to make sure Node is on the user's PATH

- name: Setup Node
  become: yes
  become_flags: -i # Execute config files such as .profile (Ansible uses non-interactive login shells)
  become_user: runner
  block:
    - name: Install nvm
      ansible.builtin.shell: >
        curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "$HOME"
        creates: "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"

    - name: Setup .profile
      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
        path: ~/.profile
        line: source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh # This will make sure Node is on the user's PATH
        create: yes

    - name: Install node
      ansible.builtin.shell: |
        nvm install {{item}}
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "$HOME"
        creates: "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/v{{item}}"
      loop:
        - 14.15.0

The last step: "Install node" is failing in my end with: /bin/bash: nvm: command not found

TASK [Install nvm] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: Consider using the get_url or uri module rather than running 'curl'.  If you need to use command because get_url or uri is insufficient you can add
'warn: false' to this command task or set 'command_warnings=False' in ansible.cfg to get rid of this message.
changed: [192.168.1.163]

TASK [Setup .profile] ********************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [192.168.1.163]

TASK [Install node] **********************************************************************************************************************************************
failed: [192.168.1.163] (item=12) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": true, "cmd": "nvm install 12\n", "delta": "0:00:00.010348", "end": "2021-05-15 05:12:29.384196", "item": 12, "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 127, "start": "2021-05-15 05:12:29.373848", "stderr": "/bin/bash: nvm: command not found", "stderr_lines": ["/bin/bash: nvm: command not found"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

Above error will be fixed by changing:
nvm install {{item}}
with
source /root/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install {{item}}
Reference:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/53597273/4696051

The last step: "Install node" is failing in my end with: /bin/bash: nvm: command not found

@JeanCarlosChavarriaHughes, make sure your .profile gets executed. For example, if there is a .bash_profile, .profile won't be sourced.

The last step: "Install node" is failing in my end with: /bin/bash: nvm: command not found

@JeanCarlosChavarriaHughes, make sure your .profile gets executed. For example, if there is a .bash_profile, .profile won't be sourced.

Don’t forget to define this: become_flags: -i

Update:

• Updated paths for nvm v0.38
• Make it work with become
• Setup .profile to make sure Node is on the user's PATH

- name: Setup Node
  become: yes
  become_flags: -i # Execute config files such as .profile (Ansible uses non-interactive login shells)
  become_user: runner
  block:
    - name: Install nvm
      ansible.builtin.shell: >
        curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "$HOME"
        creates: "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"

    - name: Setup .profile
      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
        path: ~/.profile
        line: source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh # This will make sure Node is on the user's PATH
        create: yes

    - name: Install node
      ansible.builtin.shell: |
        nvm install {{item}}
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "$HOME"
        creates: "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/v{{item}}"
      loop:
        - 14.15.0

A lot of thanks works fine!

make sure your .profile gets executed. For example, if there is a .bash_profile, .profile won't be sourced.

That's not true, at least on ubuntu 20.04 LTS, bash_profile will source ~/.profile by default

cat ~/.bash_profile

$ cat ~/.bash_profile

[[ -s "$HOME/.profile" ]] && source "$HOME/.profile" # Load the default .profile

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*

cat ~/.profile

.....

source $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh

even though, I still get nvm not found, my solution is bash -lc "nvm install "

even though, I still get nvm not found, my solution is bash -lc "nvm install "

None of the above solution work for me except this one.
Thanks

This is a combination of the posted solutions above that worked for to install a specific version for the current (non-root) user:

- name: Install nodejs
  hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: Install nvm
      become: no
      ansible.builtin.shell: >
        curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "$HOME"
        creates: "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"

    - name: Install node
      become: no
      shell: >
        . {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install {{ item }}
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}"
        creates: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/versions/{{ item }}"
      loop:
        - 14.20.0

@navmed This works great for non-root environments. Thanks for share! 👍