Amazon AWS - Installing Git, Node.js and npm on EC2 instance

Before we setup Node.js on AWS, you should have AWS EC2 instance setup and you should be able to login using Putty or Terminal.

Refer to my previous blog on how to setup EC2 instance -
 http://javaredhot.blogspot.com/2016/02/amazon-ec2-creating-and-setting-up.html

Now login to EC2 instance

Install Git

$ sudo yum install git

This will ask for your confirmation and then install git.

Install Node.js

To install node and npm following steps need to be performed.

To compile node we need gcc, make and git to import node source code:

sudo yum install gcc-c++ make
sudo yum install openssl-devel
sudo yum install git

Cloning node.js source code:

git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node.git

Compile and install node.js

cd node
./configure 
make
sudo make install
Add user´s directory to BIN Paths (node binaries location)
sudo su
nano /etc/ec2-user


Inside the editor scroll to where you see the line: 
Defaults secure_path = /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

Append the value :/usr/local/bin

In some cases node does not install at /usr/local/bin and there is no soft link to the actual location. So in that case you can create a soft link from actual node location to /usr/local/bin

$ cd /usr/local/bin

$ sudo ln -s  /home/ec2-user/node/out/Release/node node
$ sudo ln -s /home/ec2-user/node/out/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm npm
$ sudo ln -s /home/ec2-user/node/out/lib/node_modules node_modules

Install npm

git clone https://github.com/npm/npm.git
cd npm
sudo make install

Test if node is working:

node

References:

https://gist.github.com/isaacs/579814
http://iconof.com/blog/how-to-install-setup-node-js-on-amazon-aws-ec2-complete-guide/