Update Amazon Server to 0.8.x

[Tim Stewart]

I have NodeJS running on an Amazon EC2 server with Amazon Linux AMI. But how do I update from 0.6.18 to 0.8.x? I have tried

sudo yum update nodejs

sudo yum erase nodejs

followed by

sudo yum install nodejs

... and the instructions at:

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager

But the node version sticks at 0.6.18.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Tim

[Tim Dickinson]

You will have to compile from the git repo or from a tar file.

[Tim Stewart]

OK, not a problem, that's how I did the original deployment before finding the repository page on nodejs.org. I do find it strange that the latest stable release of the hottest technology on the web is not available as a package for the biggest IaaS provider in the cloud. Are most noders using PaaS, or another AMI?

Thanks

Tim

[Joshua Gross]

I'm using Joyent's SmartCloud which has been good for us. They're also running 0.6.x by default but upgrading to 0.8.x is easy. 

Maybe they feel better offering an older, "more stable" version. 

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Christian / SpanDeX, Inc.

http://www.joshisgross.com

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[Tim Stewart]

Thanks Josh, Cameron, seems like a mix of Paas and other AMIs:) I just picked Amazon Linux as it seemed to make sense to use the distro that Amazon made specifically for their infrastructure. Anyway, decided to stick with 0.6.18 for now, and roll Express back to 2.5.9 to get around the issue I was having.

Thanks

Tim

On Friday, October 12, 2012 10:57:58 AM UTC+11, camerondgray wrote:

We run node 0.8 on Amazon EC2 but we are just using a stock ubuntu AMI and then installing node with apt-get. Works fine.