Installing Node on a server with no internet, with ansible/nvm?

Charlie

12/30/22, 10:40 PM

I have a little puzzle.

I'm trying to get Ansible to deploy NodeJS to a server(s) that do not have access to download Node from the official website. Really, no access to the web (And enabling isn't an option). But I am able to send stuff to the servers from a trusted box.

I'd like to get the node deployment and versioning codified, hence trying to use Ansible with NVM. But NVM doesn't seem to have a "force download of binary that matches a specific linux key/architecture that is different than host machine" option.

Meaning, the trusted server is a different Linux distro than the target servers. So I need something like:

Download node that matches a specific archicture/linux kernel
Copy to the server
Set up the shell environment

In a scalable way. Worst case is I make a custom playbook but would really like to rely on other's work.

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node.js

ansible

Gerald Schneider

12/31/22, 5:18 AM

You already have the procedure figured out. Implement it. If you are hoping for existing solutions, such recommendations are off topic.

Gerald Schneider

12/31/22, 5:19 AM

Another option would be to use containers.

Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: Installing Node on a server with no internet, with ansible/nvm?

TH: ติดตั้ง Node บนเซิร์ฟเวอร์ที่ไม่มีอินเทอร์เน็ตด้วย ansible/nvm หรือไม่

RO: Instalarea Node pe un server fără internet, cu ansible/nvm?

RU: Установка Node на сервер без интернета с помощью ansible/nvm?

VI: Cài đặt Node trên máy chủ không có internet, với ansible/nvm?

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