Ansible task to install nvm and nodeJS

install NVM and nodeJS.yml

#first seen here: http://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/63701/Ansible-task-to-install-nvm-and-node
# Here is how to install nvm and node in an Ansible task.
# I tried a bunch of different things, and as usual it's simple, but you have to get it right.
# The important part is that you have to shell with /bin/bash -c and source nvm.sh
---
- name: Install nvm
  shell: >
    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.7.0/install.sh | sh
    creates=/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/.nvm/nvm.sh

- name: Install node and set version
  shell: >
    /bin/bash -c "source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install 0.10 && nvm alias default 0.10"
    creates=/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/.nvm/alias

The last step: "Install node" is failing in my end with: /bin/bash: nvm: command not found

@JeanCarlosChavarriaHughes, make sure your .profile gets executed. For example, if there is a .bash_profile, .profile won't be sourced.

The last step: "Install node" is failing in my end with: /bin/bash: nvm: command not found

@JeanCarlosChavarriaHughes, make sure your .profile gets executed. For example, if there is a .bash_profile, .profile won't be sourced.

Don’t forget to define this: become_flags: -i

Update:

• Updated paths for nvm v0.38
• Make it work with become
• Setup .profile to make sure Node is on the user's PATH

- name: Setup Node
  become: yes
  become_flags: -i # Execute config files such as .profile (Ansible uses non-interactive login shells)
  become_user: runner
  block:
    - name: Install nvm
      ansible.builtin.shell: >
        curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "$HOME"
        creates: "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"

    - name: Setup .profile
      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
        path: ~/.profile
        line: source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh # This will make sure Node is on the user's PATH
        create: yes

    - name: Install node
      ansible.builtin.shell: |
        nvm install {{item}}
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "$HOME"
        creates: "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/v{{item}}"
      loop:
        - 14.15.0

A lot of thanks works fine!

make sure your .profile gets executed. For example, if there is a .bash_profile, .profile won't be sourced.

That's not true, at least on ubuntu 20.04 LTS, bash_profile will source ~/.profile by default

cat ~/.bash_profile

$ cat ~/.bash_profile

[[ -s "$HOME/.profile" ]] && source "$HOME/.profile" # Load the default .profile

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*

cat ~/.profile

.....

source $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh

even though, I still get nvm not found, my solution is bash -lc "nvm install "

even though, I still get nvm not found, my solution is bash -lc "nvm install "

None of the above solution work for me except this one.
Thanks

This is a combination of the posted solutions above that worked for to install a specific version for the current (non-root) user:

- name: Install nodejs
  hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: Install nvm
      become: no
      ansible.builtin.shell: >
        curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "$HOME"
        creates: "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"

    - name: Install node
      become: no
      shell: >
        . {{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install {{ item }}
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash
        chdir: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}"
        creates: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.nvm/versions/{{ item }}"
      loop:
        - 14.20.0

@navmed This works great for non-root environments. Thanks for share! 👍