On CloudLinux server, when you install alt-nodejs packages, binary files get installed at
/opt/alt/alt-nodejs16/root/bin/node
When SSH into a user and run the command “node”, it won’t work. When deploying Node.js application with Cpanel, you will be given a command, that is used to switch to the environment with specific version of node.js the application is using.
If you want to make node.js available to all users by default, even with out a node.js application configured, you do the following
ln -s /opt/alt/alt-nodejs16/root/bin/node /usr/bin/node ln -s /opt/alt/alt-nodejs16/root/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm ln -s /opt/alt/alt-nodejs16/root/bin/npx /usr/bin/npx
This will make “alt-nodejs16” as the default Node.js, if you need to use another version of Node.js default, change the paths as required. If you don’t have it installed, install it with
yum install -y alt-nodejs16
Create file
vi /etc/cagefs/conf.d/node.cfg
Add following content
[node] comment=Node paths=/usr/bin/node, /usr/bin/npm, /usr/bin/npx
Update CafeFS and remount all users
cagefsctl --force-update cagefsctl -M
Now Node.js will be available to all users by default.
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