How to Install and Configure Nodejs on Jenkins

Main Features of nodejs plugins are as follows:

• Provides NodeJS auto-installer, allowing to create as many NodeJS installations “profiles” as you want.
  The auto-installer will automatically install a given version of NodeJS, on every jenkins agent where it will be needed
• Allows to install globally some npm packages inside each installations, these npm packages will be made available to the PATH
• Allows to execute some NodeJS script, under a given NodeJS installation
• Allows use custom NPM user configuration file defined with config-file-provider plugin to setup custom NPM settings
• Add a lightweight support to DSL pipeline
• Force 32bit architecture
• Relocate npm cache folder using pre defined strategies
• Allow use of a mirror repo for downloading and installing NodeJS.
• Cache NodeJS archives per architecture to speedup installations on ephemeral Jenkins slaves.

1. Install nodejs plugins on jenkins

Go to

Manage Jenkins →Plugins → Available Plugins →Search for nodejs Plugins -> Install without restart

2. Configure nodejs tool in the global tool configuration:

Go to

Manage Jenkins → Tools → click on nodejs installations

Fill the following information

1. Name: node16
2. Click on “Install Automatically”
   • Install from the nodejs.org (select the specified version)
3. Click on Apply and Save

This “node16″ Name is very important because you will use the node16 name as a tool in the scripted pipeline

3. Use nodejs in the Jenkins scripted pipeline

You can use the nodejs in the scripted pipeline are as follows:

pipeline{
    agent any
    tools{
        nodejs 'node16'  #node16 is the name that given the global tool configuration
    }