Upgrading Node on an Azure website?

Question

I'm trying to run some pre deployment tasks (unit tests etc) with NPM on an Azure website, however the version of node on the VM is v0.10.32, the current version of node is v4.2.4.

I have non administrative access to the command line via the SCM website, no RDP etc.

Is there any way to upgrade?

Answer 1

Ensure the Azure Web App has the node version you want.

1. Go to yoursite.scm.azurewebsites.net
2. Choose Debug Console (PowerShell or CMD)
3. Navigate to D:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs
4. Run dir to see the available nodejs versions.

For instance, if there is a directory named 6.3.0, then you can use it.

// App Setting WEBSITE_NODE_DEFAULT_VERSION 6.3.0    // package.json engines":{"node": "6.3.0"} 

Answer 2

You can specify the version of node that the app is running on using the package.json file. Add:

"engines":{"node":version}

e.g.:

"engines":{"node": "0.12.x"}, 

More info: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/nodejs-specify-node-version-azure-apps/

Answer 3

2017 update. All above didn't work for me in.

I changed:

// package.json
engines":{"node": "8.0.0"}

and then I added app settings value

<appSettings>
    <add key="WEBSITE_NODE_DEFAULT_VERSION" value="8.0.0" />
</appSettings>

I restarted an app million times, and the solution was to change iisnode.yml

nodeProcessCommandLine: "D:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\8.0.0\node.exe"

That's it. I hope it will help someone.

Update

Just to clarify things: I'm talking about App Service

And if you ftp to your App you will see iisnode.yml here: