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 simple Jenkinsfile and the jenkins NodeJS plugin

pipeline { 
  agent any 

  tools {
    nodejs 'node10'
  }

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

I made sure to add the node10 global tool as well w/c is used above

When the pipeline gets to the script sh "npm install" i am running through this error

this is the output of the command echo $PATH

so i think it's not a path issue

Also, it also wasn't able to add the global package

More info that might help:

• Docker Jenkins server: FROM jenkins/jenkins:2.131-alpine
• Blue ocean version: 1.7.0
• NodeJS Plugin: 1.2.6
• Multiple server restarts already

Any ideas why the jenkins server does not know where node is?

Big thanks in advance!

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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 3

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"
      }
    }
  }
}