Fixing an issue with the node binary path:

PATH evaluation was causing the wrong node binary to be used when
launching Rocket.Chat on EL systems... something that remained hidden to
me because of my dev environment.

Thanks to @jeansnkicks for helping me track this down :)

README.md

@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ All variables have sane defaults set in [`defaults/main.yml`](defaults/main.yml)
 | `rocket_chat_version` | `master` | The version of Rocket.Chat to deploy; should be `master` for stable, or `develop` for development releases |
 | `rocket_chat_tarball_remote` | See [`defaults/main.yml`](defaults/main.yml) | The remote URL to fetch the Rocket.Chat tarball from (uses `rocket_chat_version`) |
 | `rocket_chat_tarball_sha256sum` | See [`defaults/main.yml`](defaults/main.yml) | The SHA256 hash sum of the Rocket.Chat tarball being fetched |
+| `rocket_chat_tarball_fetch_timeout` | 100 | The time (in seconds) before the attempt to fetch the Rocket.Chat tarball fails |
 | `rocket_chat_service_user` | `rocketchat` | The name of the user that will run the Rocket.Chat server process |
 | `rocket_chat_service_group` | `rocketchat` | The name of the primary group for the `rocket_chat_service_user` user |
 | `rocket_chat_service_host` | `"{{ ansible_fqdn }}"` | The FQDN of the Rocket.Chat system |
 | `rocket_chat_service_port` | 3000 | The TCP port Rocket.Chat listens on |
+| `rocket_chat_nave_node_path` | `/usr/local/bin/nave` | The path to the `node` binary installed by Nave, which is then used to launch Rocket.Chat |
 | `rocket_chat_include_mongodb` | True | A boolean value that determines whether or not to deploy MongoDB |
 | `rocket_chat_mongodb_server` | 127.0.0.1 | The IP/FQDN of the MongoDB host |
 | `rocket_chat_mongodb_port` | 27017 | The TCP port to contact the MongoDB host host via |

defaults/main.yml

@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ rocket_chat_application_path: /var/lib/rocket.chat
 rocket_chat_version: master
 rocket_chat_tarball_remote: https://s3.amazonaws.com/rocketchatbuild/rocket.chat-{{ rocket_chat_version }}.tgz
 rocket_chat_tarball_sha256sum: 26da9ffca8afdaa2d09faf673683e0ab558f39907fb95aa4f5631a9f40bda707
+rocket_chat_tarball_fetch_timeout: 100
 rocket_chat_service_user: rocketchat
 rocket_chat_service_group: rocketchat
 rocket_chat_service_host: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
 rocket_chat_service_port: 3000
+rocket_chat_nave_node_path: /usr/local/bin/node
 
 # MongoDB settings
 rocket_chat_mongodb_packages: mongodb

tasks/main.yml

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
       url: "{{ rocket_chat_tarball_remote }}"
       sha256sum: "{{ rocket_chat_tarball_sha256sum }}"
       dest: "{{ rocket_chat_application_path }}"
+      timeout: "{{ rocket_chat_tarball_fetch_timeout }}"
     become: True
     become_user: "{{ rocket_chat_service_user }}"
 
@@ -131,12 +132,6 @@
       recurse: True
     tags: build
 
-  - name: Register the 'node' binary path
-    command: which node
-    changed_when: False
-    register: node_path
-    tags: service
-
   - include_vars: "{{ item }}"
     with_first_found:
       - "{{ ansible_distribution }}_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml"

templates/rocketchat.service.j2

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Environment=MONGO_OPLOG_URL=mongodb://{{ rocket_chat_mongodb_server }}:{{ rocket
 Environment=ROOT_URL=http://{{ rocket_chat_service_host }}
 Environment=PORT={{ rocket_chat_service_port }}
 WorkingDirectory={{ rocket_chat_application_path }}
-ExecStart={{ node_path.stdout }} {{ rocket_chat_application_path }}/bundle/main.js
+ExecStart={{ rocket_chat_nave_node_path }} {{ rocket_chat_application_path }}/bundle/main.js
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target