Ansible Amazon Linux Node
Ansible scripts that setup Node.js for Amazon Linux AMIs
Requirements
This role assumes you are using AWS with an Amazon Linux AMI.
This task does the following work:
- install nvm (node version manager)
- install node (whatever version you like)
- create handles for start and stopping node
Installation
git clone https://github.com/invokemedia/ansible-amazon-node roles/invokemedia.amazon-nodejs
Role Variables
# the version of node you want to install/use
node_version: 7.9.0
# root for the app
app_root: /application
# the name of the service for the app
app_service_name: my-nodeapp
Tags
- install-nvm - install and setup nvm
- install-node - install new version of node
- adddir - create a directory for the app
- addlog - create the log directory for the app
Dependencies
None.
Example Playbook
Here is how you would launch the default Nginx setup.
- hosts: web
sudo: yes
vars:
roles:
- { role: invokemedia.amazon-nodejs }
Handlers
start nodeapp- start your applicationstop nodeapp- stop your application
Because of the way the app runs in the background, these need to be run one after the other
License
MIT