docker-debian-armhf-nodejs
Docker images for Node.js development on Debian with an ARM architecture. It ensures that your development environment is consistent with the ARM based IoT devices that will run the code.
If you're running Node.js on an ARM device you need to compile the node binary for the ARM architecture. Some
npm packages have C or C++ code embedded and they need to be compiled as well during installation.
The difference between x84 and ARM architecture may cause unexpected behaviour. These images allow you to
development Node.js applications on an ARM architecture.
Available versions on NodeSource
Images
All images are derived from armhfbuild/debian:jessie and will build one specific version of node. It will download the source from the Node distribution page.
Docker host & ARM Emulation
Your docker host needs to support ARM emulation with QEMU. The base image includes
the amd64 version of qemu-user-static. This means you can build and run ARM containers on your 64bit machine, as
explained in this post. On your host, you
need to install qemu-arm-static. Also, the following command must be
executed before building or running any ARM containers:
sudo sh -c 'echo ":arm:M::\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x28\x00:\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff:/usr/bin/qemu-arm-static:" >/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register'
Troubleshooting
When your copy the node binary from the docker image and put it on an ARM device you might receive the following
error when your execute it:
./node: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by ./node)
This means that the node binary on the docker images was build with a newer version of gcc. These binaries are build
on debian jessie. You need to upgrade gcc on your device. More info about this issue:
'GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found
and libstdc-so-6-version-glibcxx-3-4-19-not-found.
Copy node from the container:
docker cp <container_id>:/usr/local/bin/node node