AWS Elasticbeanstalk install node and npm in PHP instance type

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I've got a PHP application that uses gulp to build the production files, I'm using elasticbeanstalk to deploy my app to and AWS EC2 instance and I want to install node and npm to run gulp during the deploy, my current configuration is:

01-installPackages.config inside .ebextenstions folder

commands:
  01updateComposer:
    command: export COMPOSER_HOME=/root && /usr/bin/composer.phar self-update
  02installNode:
    command:
      # run this command from /tmp directory
      cwd: /tmp
      # don't run the command if node is already installed (file /usr/bin/node exists)
      test: '[ ! -f /usr/bin/node ] && echo "node not installed"'
      # install from epel repository
      # flag -y for no-interaction installation
      command: 'sudo yum install -y nodejs --enablerepo=epel'

the node commands fails but if I ssh in and i run that command node is installed

any idea of what's wrong with my configuration?

Thanks!

Hey @matteo, did you have a solution? You can share?

Lucas Martins
– Lucas Martins

2017-05-03 15:52:50 +00:00
Commented May 3, 2017 at 15:52 — Lucas Martins
– Lucas Martins, Commented May 3, 2017 at 15:52
unfortunately no

Matteo Hertel
– Matteo Hertel

2017-05-05 07:42:45 +00:00
Commented May 5, 2017 at 7:42 — Matteo Hertel
– Matteo Hertel, Commented May 5, 2017 at 7:42

MTH · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-08 04:20:11Z

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The current answer for this is the following:

commands:
  01enable_epel:
    command: sudo amazon-linux-extras install epel
  02npm_install:
    command: sudo yum -y --enablerepo=epel install nodejs npm

using the extras library documented in AWS docs

answered May 8, 2020 at 4:20

MTH

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Roamdam Over a year ago

Worked like a charm on Amazon AMI Linux 2

Chuck Le Butt · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-24 23:59:38Z

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You should be able to use the environment configuration options for this rather than writing a bash file yourself. You can use the packages key to download and install prepackaged applications and components.

This will allow you do something like this:

packages: 
  yum:
    nodejs: [] 
    npm: []

And the packages you require will be installed.

Note: This has been deprecated in Amazon Linux 2.

edited Mar 24, 2021 at 23:59

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Matteo Hertel Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer, I originally tried that but I had some problems with sudo and the execution was even slower than creating a file

James Parker Over a year ago

This threw errors telling me those packages weren't available via yum.

Sizzling Code Over a year ago

@JamesParker Same response here. Any Solution?

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