Node.js Installation - CentOS 6.9

Question

I'm wondering if anyone else has experience installing node.js and NPM on a centOS 6.9 or other centOS version installation. I'd really like to install it to begin using NPM specifically, but the server I'm using is used for production already.

My primary concern before installing is that I can't risk having any downtime on my current server or website, which is currently built on CMS Made Simple / PHP / MySQL .

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Answer 1

You'd rather install Node.js in production environment using Node Version Manager (NVM). In this link you can find a good help:

https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/how-to-install-nvm-node-version-manager-for-node-js-on-centos-7/

After installing NVM, running nvm install 8 on the terminal, installs Node.js version 8 stable on your server.