Ansible install node with nvm - node.js

Question

I'm looking for a way to install a given version of node via ansible and nvm, the installation of nvm is working as expected because if I connect with the root user, I can execute the command nvm install 8.11.3 but this same command doesn't work with Ansible, I don't understand why.
---
- name: Install nvm
git: repo=https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git dest=~/.nvm version=v0.33.11
tags: nvm
- name: Source nvm in ~/.{{ item }}
lineinfile: >
dest=~/.{{ item }}
line="source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh"
create=yes
tags: nvm
with_items:
- bashrc
- profile
- name: Install node and set version
become: yes
become_user: root
shell: nvm install 8.11.3
...
error log
TASK [node : Install node and set version] *************************************************************************************
fatal: [51.15.128.164]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": "nvm install 8.11.3", "delta": "0:00:00.005883", "end": "2018-12-03 15:05:10.394433", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 127, "start": "2018-12-03 15:05:10.388550", "stderr": "/bin/sh: 1: nvm: not found", "stderr_lines": ["/bin/sh: 1: nvm: not found"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}
to retry, use: --limit .../.../ansible/stater-debian/playbook.retry

Answer 1

It's okay, here's the configuration that works
- name: Install node and set version
become: yes
become_user: root
shell: "source /root/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install 8.11.3"
args:
executable: /bin/bash

Answer 2

I think the clue in the output you need is:
"/bin/sh: 1: nvm: not found"
To run a command without including the full path to that command (i.e. nvm rather than /the/dir/nvm/is/installed/in/nvm), then the directory that contains the command, must be in the $PATH environment variable for the shell that runs the command.
In this case it looks like that is not present for the shell that Ansible spawns, versus the shell your interactive commands run in. Change:
- name: Install node and set version
become: yes
become_user: root
shell: nvm install 8.11.3
to
- name: Install node and set version
become: yes
become_user: root
shell: /full/path/to/nvm install 8.11.3
If you don't know what to put in place of '/full/path/to', try either:
which nvm
or
find / -name nvm

Answer 3

I will just post under here, because there are hundreds of these posts.
- name: Install node
become: true
become_user: root
shell: "source /root/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install {{ personal_node_version }} && nvm alias default {{ personal_node_version }}"
args:
executable: /bin/bash
worked for me.

Answer 4

This worked for me on Ubuntu 20.04 using nvm version 0.39.1:
- name: Install NVM
shell: >
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
args:
creates: "/root/.nvm/nvm.sh"
- name: Install Node Versions
shell: ". /root/.bashrc && nvm install {{item}}"
with_items:
- 'v10.24.1'
- 'v16.17.0'
- '--lts'
- 'node'

Answer 5

Based on all the posts found on stack and tweaked a little for my own needs - I found this solution worked perfectly for both installing NVM (the easy part) and creating a loop that allows you to insert 1 or many versions of Node as needed
# test if nvm has been installed by the user desired
- stat:
path: /home/yournonrootuser/.nvm
register: nvm_path
- name: Setup NodeVersionManager and install node version
become: yes
# Execute config files such as .profile (Ansible uses non-interactive login shells)
become_flags: -i
become_user: yournonrootuser
block:
- name: Install nvm
shell: >
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
args:
executable: /bin/bash
chdir: "$HOME"
creates: "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"
- name: Setup .profile of yournonrootuser
lineinfile:
path: ~/.profile
# This will make sure Node is on the users PATH
line: source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
create: yes
become_flags: -i
when: nvm_path.stat.exists == false
# if we got here we already know node version manager is installed
- name: installing node versions using loop
command: sudo -iu yournonrootuser nvm install {{item}}
args:
executable: /bin/bash
chdir: "$HOME"
creates: "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/v{{item}}"
loop:
- 14.18.3