NodeJS with Vagrant

On the previous post i showed how to have docker and docker-compose with Vagrant. In this post i will show how to have a simple NodeJS environment with Vagrant.

I will show how to install the most common solutions and frameworks for node like: npm, express, qunit, yo and much more.

It`s very easy, you need to have vagrant installed, them just copy my Vagrantfile and create a directory called shared on the same folder you have copied my Vagrant file.  After that you are ready to rock.

The Vagrantfile

	# -*- mode: ruby -*-
	# vi: set ft=ruby :
	Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
	config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
	config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "55.55.55.101"
	config.vm.synced_folder "shared", "/home/vagrant/shared/"
	config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get install -y wget
	sudo apt-get install -y curl
	sudo apt-get install -y vim
	sudo apt-get install -y git
	sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
	sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | sudo bash -
	sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
	sudo curl -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh
	sudo npm install -g express
	sudo npm install -g angular
	sudo npm install -g bower
	sudo npm install -g grunt
	sudo npm install -g gulp
	sudo npm install -g gulp-cli
	sudo npm install -g yo
	sudo npm install -g browserify
	sudo npm install -g karma
	sudo npm install -g jasmine
	sudo npm install -g qunit
	SHELL
	end

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Inside the shared directory you will need create a file called, hello.js

	var http = require('http');
	var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {
	response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
	response.end("Hello World\n");
	});
	server.listen(8000);
	console.log("Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/");

view raw hello.js hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Now you ready, just run $ vagrant up && vagrant ssh
Vagrant will download and install all nodejs stack and enter on the box via ssh, once it finished you can type on linux box:
$ cat ~/shared/hello.js | node

NodeJS will bootup a server and you can access in your web browser on: http://55.55.55.101:8000/

If you want all the files you can get on my github here: https://github.com/diegopacheco/Diego-Pacheco-Sandbox/tree/master/DevOps/vagrant-with-nodejs

Cheers,
Diego Pacheco