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Gal Gibli
Gal Gibli

Reputation: 534

Run npm and node from ansible

I have a machine that has zsh installed. I created the following script to make some installs:

Installs made

# Install NVM
sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh | bash
## Reload shell to start using nvm
. ~/.zshrc
. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
nvm install 0.12

Now I want to connect to the instance and run ansible-playbook that will start the following script:

sh-script.sh

npm install aws-sdk


node create-queue.js $machine_name
node create-queue.js $machine_name

When running the playbook I get the following errors: line 28: npm: command not found -- line 32: node: command not found -- line 33: node: command not found.

When I ssh to the instance and run "node" or "npm" I get valid response and desired condition. The ansible-playbook is very simple:

ansible

- hosts: tag_Name_TestInstance
  tasks:
    - name: Run Script
      shell: /home/ubuntu/sh-script.sh '{{ machine_name }}'

Upvotes: 1

Views: 12824

Answers (2)

nelasx
nelasx

Reputation: 191

the best way IMHO to solve this is to add an additional bin path to the ansible env.

  - name: Install aws-sdk
    command: /opt/node/bin/npm "something"
    environment:
      PATH: "{{ ansible_env.PATH }}:/opt/node/bin"

or you could use the native ansible npm function 

   description: Install "aws-sdk" node.js package.
  - npm: name=aws-sdk path=/app/location
    environment:
      PATH: "{{ ansible_env.PATH }}:/opt/node/bin"

and two other tasks to run the node js script. That way you could have also more info about what is going on.

good luck

Upvotes: 4

shaps
shaps

Reputation: 1179

This is likely because npm and node have not been added to your $PATH. The shell module will use /bin/sh to run your command.

If you want to run the script in zsh, try adding the shebang with the path to your zsh installation eg: !#/usr/local/bin/zsh

Upvotes: 0

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