Jenkins - env: ‘node’: No such file or directory

Question

I have a jenkins server that is configured using https://github.com/shierro/jenkins-docker-examples/tree/master/05-aws-ecs

I am running a blue ocean pipeline using a

Answer 1

Make a symbolic link like this:

sudo ln -s /var/lib/jenkins/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/node/bin/node /usr/bin/node

Answer 2

I want to highlight Mitch Downey's comment, it can't be just a comment because after spending 4 hours with no solution this comment helped me to resolve the solution

My issue ended up being with the jenkinsci/blueocean image. I was able to just replace that image with jenkins/jenkins:lts and the NodeJS plugin began working as expected

Answer 3

I have faced the same issue with jenkinsci/blueocean. I have resolved this by installing nodejs with below command(inside docker) not as jenkins plugin

apk add nodejs

Answer 4

I have faced the same issue with jenkinsci/blueocean. No jenkins nodejs plugin needed.

pipeline { 
  agent any 

  stages {
    stage ('Checkout Code') {
      steps {
        checkout scm
      }
    }
    stage ('Install dependencies') {
      steps {
        sh "apk add nodejs"
        sh "echo $PATH"
        sh "npm install"
      }
    }
  }
}

Answer 5

Thanks to @JoergS for some insight! The culprit in this case is: using alpine image as the docker base. So switching from jenkins/jenkins:2.131-alpine to jenkins/jenkins:2.131 solved the NodeJS plugin issue.