ansible-nodejs/tasks/nodejs.yml

---
- name: install systems to help setup nodejs
  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present
  with_items:
      - python-apt
      - git
      - apt-transport-https

- name: add the nodesource repository
  apt_key: url=https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key state=present

- name: add the nodesource binary repository
  apt_repository:
        repo="deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_{{ node_version_family }} {{ ansible_lsb.codename }} main"
        state=present

- name: add the nodesource source repository
  apt_repository:
        repo="deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_{{ node_version_family }} {{ ansible_lsb.codename }} main"
        state=present update_cache=yes

- name: install nodejs + npm
  apt: pkg=nodejs state=present

- name: check if nodejs binary exists and needs linking to node binary
  stat: path=/usr/bin/nodejs
  register: nodejs_bin

- name: link nodejs binary correctly
  file: src=/usr/bin/nodejs dest=/usr/bin/node state=link
  when: nodejs_bin.stat.exists

- name: install globally required tools
  npm: name={{ item }} global=yes state=present registry=http://registry.npmjs.org/
  when: local_development.enabled == false
  with_items: globally_installed_tools