ubuntu/node repository overview

ubuntu/node is a rock for Nodejs maintained by Canonical⁠.

Node.js is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts. This image is a chiselled Node.js rock that only contains the Node.js runtime.

[Learn more about Nodejs⁠]

⁠Tags and Architectures

NOTE: These tags follow a specific naming convention that respects the concept of channels⁠.

⁠Get started

This rock's entrypoint is Pebble, a container-optimized init process that enables the orchestration of a collection of local service processes as an organized set.

[Learn more about Pebble⁠]

⁠Inspect

To view the Pebble services⁠ and checks⁠ defined in this rock:

docker run --rm ubuntu/node:18-24.04_edge plan

docker inspect --format='{{.Config.Entrypoint}} {{.Config.Cmd}}' ubuntu/node:18-24.04_edge

⁠Run

To run this rock, use any of the usual container runtimes, for example, docker:

docker run --name node-container \
    --rm \
    ubuntu/node:18-24.04_edge \
    --version

The container prints the Node.js version to STDOUT and exits.

⁠Get logs

To view the logs of the running container, run:

docker exec node-container pebble logs

Or, for a specific service:

docker exec node-container pebble logs <service>

docker logs node-container

⁠Monitor health checks

Rocks may have predefined health checks that you can list by running:

docker exec node-container pebble checks

The overall health of your container can be inspected via:

docker exec node-container pebble health

[Report a bug⁠]

Canonical is the provider of this container image. It is the user's responsibility to ensure that any use of this image complies with any relevant licenses for all software contained within, as well as with Canonical’s IP Policy⁠.