Configuring Node.js

[package] has to be replaced by the name of the package to be installed.

Supported versions

The default version can be changed from the administration section, under Environment > Node.js. This is the version that is especially used when you start node.

Versions are not necessarily already installed.

Binary to use

You need to always use node (or /usr/bin/node). nodejs does not work.

To force the use of a different version of Node.js other than the default one, define the environment variable NODEJS_VERSION:

$ NODEJS_VERSION=12 node

In your scripts, use /usr/bin/node as shebang:

#!/usr/bin/node

Environment

Your Node.js environment starts off empty, with no ready installed libraries. You can use npm to install package:

$ npm install [package]

You can also use npm in global mode, the package will be installed in the $HOME/.npm-packages directory:

$ npm install -g [package]

HTTP deployment

To deploy an HTTP application with Node.js, create a Node.js type site in the Web > Sites section.

You need to specify the command that will start your Node.js application, for example:

node $HOME/myapp/index.js