Installing specific version of NodeJS and NPM on Alpine docker image

Neigaard
April 26, 2023
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I need to use a standard Alpine docker image and install a specific version of Node and NPM. Heres is my attempt so far:

FROM alpine:3.17.2

RUN apk update
RUN apk upgrade
RUN apk add bash git helm openssh yq github-cli

RUN apk add 
    curl 
    docker 
    openrc

# nvm environment variables
ENV NVM_DIR /usr/local/nvm
ENV NVM_VERSION 0.39.3
ENV NODE_VERSION 18.16.0

# install nvm
# https://github.com/creationix/nvm#install-script
RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v$NVM_VERSION/install.sh | bash

# install node and npm
RUN source $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh 
    && nvm install $NODE_VERSION 
    && nvm alias default $NODE_VERSION 
    && nvm use default

# add node and npm to path so the commands are available
ENV NODE_PATH $NVM_DIR/v$NODE_VERSION/lib/node_modules
ENV PATH $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin:$PATH

RUN ls -asl $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin
RUN ls -asl $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/lib/node_modules/npm/bin

RUN $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin/node -v

RUN $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin/npm install --global yarn

# Start docker on boot
RUN rc-update add docker boot

# Default commands to bash
ENTRYPOINT ["bash"]

I am getting this:

#7 [ 4/10] RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash
#7 sha256:76a5a08c3c01075cd22585bc1f3df8f47fe258b116742db843cea6fa553a09c6
#7 0.181   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
#7 0.182                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 15916  100 15916    0     0  57463      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 60287
#7 0.478 => Downloading nvm from git to '/usr/local/nvm'
=> Cloning into '/usr/local/nvm'...
#7 3.239 * (HEAD detached at FETCH_HEAD)
#7 3.240   master
#7 3.268 => Compressing and cleaning up git repository
#7 3.307
#7 3.338 => Profile not found. Tried ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.zprofile, ~/.zshrc, and ~/.profile.
#7 3.338 => Create one of them and run this script again
#7 3.338    OR
#7 3.338 => Append the following lines to the correct file yourself:
#7 3.338
#7 3.338 export NVM_DIR="/usr/local/nvm"
#7 3.338 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
#7 3.338
#7 3.440 => Installing Node.js version 18.16.0
#7 4.948 Downloading and installing node v18.16.0...
#7 5.646 Downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v18.16.0/node-v18.16.0-linux-x64.tar.gz...
######################################################################## 100.0%
#7 8.333 Computing checksum with sha256sum
#7 8.832 Checksums matched!
#7 11.93 Now using node v18.16.0 (npm v)
#7 12.41 Creating default alias: default -> 18.16.0 (-> v18.16.0 *)
#7 12.63 Failed to install Node.js 18.16.0
#7 12.63 => Close and reopen your terminal to start using nvm or run the following to use it now:
#7 12.63
#7 12.63 export NVM_DIR="/usr/local/nvm"
#7 12.63 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
#7 DONE 12.7s

I am not sure about the "Failed to install Node.js 18.16.0" message, as you will see in my tests with "ls" it seems to be installed?

First I "ls" the bin directory where I expect node to be installed:

RUN ls -asl /usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/bin
#9 sha256:42ba843ab812861bf82e0e493e211095cc749408940b5ec21ce94fabe3997538
#9 0.138 total 88820
#9 0.141      4 drwxr-xr-x    2 1000     1000          4096 Apr 27 07:35 .
#9 0.141      4 drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root          4096 Apr 27 07:35 ..
#9 0.141      0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            45 Apr 27 07:35 corepack -> ../lib/node_modules/corepack/dist/corepack.js
#9 0.141  88812 -rwxr-xr-x    1 1000     1000      90940576 Apr 12 05:31 node
#9 0.141      0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            38 Apr 27 07:35 npm -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
#9 0.141      0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            38 Apr 27 07:35 npx -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js
#9 DONE 0.1s

This seem ok to me, is it not?

My other "ls" gives this:

RUN ls -asl /usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/lib/node_modules/npm/bin
#10 sha256:c2872332dbb58f191400fa23211a691db9a5f5dc07425bc9d3c83bf1cafb31f8
#10 0.141 total 36
#10 0.144      4 drwxr-xr-x    3 1000     1000          4096 Apr 27 07:35 .
#10 0.144      4 drwxr-xr-x    7 1000     1000          4096 Apr 27 07:35 ..
#10 0.144      4 drwxr-xr-x    2 1000     1000          4096 Apr 27 07:35 node-gyp-bin
#10 0.144      4 -rwxr-xr-x    1 1000     1000          1365 Oct 11  2022 npm
#10 0.144      4 -rwxr-xr-x    1 1000     1000            54 Oct 11  2022 npm-cli.js
#10 0.144      4 -rwxr-xr-x    1 1000     1000           483 Oct 11  2022 npm.cmd
#10 0.144      4 -rwxr-xr-x    1 1000     1000          1567 Oct 11  2022 npx
#10 0.144      4 -rwxr-xr-x    1 1000     1000          2922 Dec  7 06:00 npx-cli.js
#10 0.144      4 -rwxr-xr-x    1 1000     1000           539 Oct 11  2022 npx.cmd
#10 DONE 0.2s

So npm is here also, looking good?

In my initial post here, I was giving the wrong error message, I am sorry. The error message was from my local machine, which is a Mac with the M2 CPU, and I believe this caused that error, but that is for another day. I need it to run on the build servers, where we are running linux on amd64 so there I have a different error, the following error:

Step 14/17 : RUN $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin/node -v
 ---> Running in d63ec3b287d9
/bin/sh: /usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/bin/node: not found
The command '/bin/sh -c $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin/node -v' returned a non-zero code: 127

Error: Process completed with exit code 127.

So my "ls" say node is there but when I try and run it, it is not?

Best regards
Søren

Answers

- Alijvhr
- April 28, 2023 at 8:30 pm
- 0 votes
0
Use official versions

I don’t know why you are using NVM.

According to your words. It doesn’t matter how but you have to install a specific version of node on a specific version of alpine!

Here’s my way using an alpine image not a node one:
```
ARG NODE_VERSION=18.16.0

FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine AS node

FROM alpine:3.17.2

COPY --from=node /usr/lib /usr/lib
COPY --from=node /usr/local/share /usr/local/share
COPY --from=node /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib
COPY --from=node /usr/local/include /usr/local/include
COPY --from=node /usr/local/bin /usr/local/bin


RUN node -v

RUN npm install -g yarn --force

RUN yarn -v

CMD ["node", "path/to/your/script.js"]
```
I removed your unnecessary package installations but you can add them if you need them!

e.g.: RUN apk add bash git helm openssh yq github-cli

e.g.: RUN rc-update add docker boot

Explanations

Add NODE_VERSION as ARG so you can use it in everywhere!

Copy binary files from official build of node:<version>-alpine to your version of alpine!

Simply install yarn using --force flag to avoid errors and DONE!!!!

CMD path/to/your/script.js is enough to run your long running JS. Don’t use additional tools!
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Official node Dockerfiles are open source. You can start from one that is the closest to your requirements and tweak the minor versions for your needs.

You need alpine:3.17.2 and NODE_VERSION 18.16.0 so this alpine-3.17.0 with node-18.16.0 is a good Dockerfile candidate to start with.

Then adjust the versions and remove yarn if you don’t need it(luckily the node-18.16.0 is an exact match with what you need, so the only thing left is to bump the alpine starting version):

# Original source: https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/blob/4c95f887f7863eccc17d66729cd24ecc230209a2/18/alpine3.17/Dockerfile
# Your requirements:
# alpine:3.17.2
# NODE_VERSION 18.16.0

FROM alpine:3.17.2

ENV NODE_VERSION 18.16.0

RUN addgroup -g 1000 node 
    && adduser -u 1000 -G node -s /bin/sh -D node 
    && apk add --no-cache 
        libstdc++ 
    && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps 
        curl 
    && ARCH= && alpineArch="$(apk --print-arch)" 
      && case "${alpineArch##*-}" in 
        x86_64) 
          ARCH='x64' 
          CHECKSUM="d093ef223708a6702db1dc591911f3b23481cb55a337df3adf80b6effaba90b2" 
          ;; 
        *) ;; 
      esac 
  && if [ -n "${CHECKSUM}" ]; then 
    set -eu; 
    curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/download/release/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz"; 
    echo "$CHECKSUM  node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz" | sha256sum -c - 
      && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner 
      && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs; 
  else 
    echo "Building from source" 
    # backup build
    && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps-full 
        binutils-gold 
        g++ 
        gcc 
        gnupg 
        libgcc 
        linux-headers 
        make 
        python3 
    # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
    && for key in 
      4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C 
      141F07595B7B3FFE74309A937405533BE57C7D57 
      74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201 
      DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 
      61FC681DFB92A079F1685E77973F295594EC4689 
      8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600 
      C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8 
      890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 
      C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C 
      108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A 
    ; do 
      gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" || 
      gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" ; 
    done 
    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz" 
    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" 
    && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc 
    && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - 
    && tar -xf "node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz" 
    && cd "node-v$NODE_VERSION" 
    && ./configure 
    && make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) V= 
    && make install 
    && apk del .build-deps-full 
    && cd .. 
    && rm -Rf "node-v$NODE_VERSION" 
    && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt; 
  fi 
  && rm -f "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz" 
  && apk del .build-deps 
  # smoke tests
  && node --version 
  && which node 
  && npm --version 
  && which npm

# Replace the entrypoint you need after confirming that prerequisites are OK
ENTRYPOINT ["sh"]

Note the last 4 commands that print the node and npm versions.
You may also run the container to do the same:

On host:

docker build -t alpine-node:3.17.2-18.16.0 .
docker run -it alpine-node:3.17.2-18.16.0

In container:

node --version && which node && npm --version && which node

Output:

v18.16.0
/usr/local/bin/node
9.5.1
/usr/local/bin/node
/ #

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Installing specific version of NodeJS and NPM on Alpine docker image

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Use official versions

Explanations