Node.js

This is a Node.js engine for running node apps with Nanobox.

Usage

To use the Node.js engine, specify nodejs as your engine in your boxfile.yml

run.config:
  engine: nodejs

Build Process

When running your app, this engine compiles code by doing the following:

• yarn install

Configuration Options

This engine exposes configuration options through the Boxfile, a yaml config file used to provision and configure your app's infrastructure when using Nanobox.

Overview of Boxfile Configuration Options

run.config:
  engine: nodejs
  engine.config:
    runtime: nodejs-4.4
    dep_manager: yarn
    python_version: python-2.7

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runtime

Specifies which Node.js runtime and version to use. The following runtimes are available:

• nodejs-0.8
• nodejs-0.10
• nodejs-0.12
• nodejs-4.8
• nodejs-5.12
• nodejs-6.11
• nodejs-7.10
• nodejs-8.6
• nodejs-8.9

run.config:
  engine: nodejs
  engine.config:
    runtime: nodejs-8.6

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dep_manager

Specifies whether the engine should use npm or yarn to fetch node modules. Defaults to yarn.

run.config:
  engine.config:
    dep_manager: yarn

python_version

Specifies the version of Python to install with the following available values:

• python-2.7
• python-3.4
• python-3.5
• python-3.6 (Default)

run.config:
  engine.config:
    python_version: python-2.7

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Help & Support

This is a generic (non-framework-specific) Node.js engine provided by Nanobox. If you need help with this engine, you can reach out to us in the #nanobox IRC channel. If you are running into an issue with the engine, feel free to create a new issue on this project.