christheshark/nodejs

No frills node install module which supports RHEL, Centos 6 and 7 and the major Ubuntu releases.

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Setup - The basics of getting started with nodejs
3. Usage
4. Limitations

Overview

The nodejs module installs a global Node.js package and the npm package provider in a directory of your choosing.

Setup

What nodejs affects:

• the Node.js package
• the npm package
• globally installed npm packages
• local npm packages installed in user-specified directories

Usage

To install Node.js and npm in '/usr/local/bin':

include nodejs

If you wish to install in an alternate location:

class { 'nodejs': path => ${path}, }

If you wish to install an alternate version:

class { 'nodejs': version => 'v4.6.2', }

Limitations

This module has received limited testing on:

• CentOS/RHEL 6/7
• Ubuntu 14.04/15.10