node

Installs Node.js using NVM (Node Version Manager).

Use it on boxctl

1. On the dashboard, pick node in the Template picker and click Boot box.
2. The box boots, then runs node/node.sh on itself. The button reads Booting… until the script has finished.
3. Open the box's Terminal and follow the guide below. The box's row keeps a link back to this page under the template's name.

The guide is shared with the onctl CLI, so it starts from an onctl up -a node/node.sh command. Booting a box with this template replaces that command; everything the guide runs on the VM itself applies as written.

Node.js with NVM

Install Node.js using NVM and include PM2 for process management:

onctl up -n node -a node/node.sh

The script installs NVM, downloads Node.js v22, verifies npm, and adds the global pm2 utility.

See the template's source for exactly what it runs.