Update Node.js version used in CI and use nvm

Add a `.nvmrc` file with the currently used Node.js version to help
devs ensure they're using the correct version. Also use this in
the CI jobs to reduce the number of places we configure the version,
avoiding drift.

.nvmrc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v18.17.0

docs/dev/README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ In order to run the Tekton Dashboard, please make sure the requirements in [the
 You will also need the following tools in order to build the Dashboard locally and deploy it:
 1. [`go`](https://golang.org/doc/install): The language the Tekton Dashboard backend is built in
 1. [`git`](https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git/): For source control
-1. [Node.js & npm](https://nodejs.org/): For building and running the frontend locally. See `engines` in [package.json](../../package.json) for versions used. _Node.js 18.x is recommended_
+1. [Node.js & npm](https://nodejs.org/): For building and running the frontend locally. See [`.nvmrc`](/.nvmrc) for version used, or run `nvm use`. _Node.js 18.x is recommended_
 1. [`ko`](https://github.com/google/ko): For development. `ko` version v0.7.2 or higher is required for `dashboard` to work correctly
 1. [`kubectl`](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/): For interacting with your kube cluster
 1. [`kustomize`](https://kubectl.docs.kubernetes.io/installation/kustomize/): For building the Dashboard manifests. v4.5.4 is known to work

package.json

@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
     "vitest": "^0.34.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^18.16.0",
-    "npm": "^9.5.1"
+    "node": "^18.17.0",
+    "npm": "^9.6.7"
   },
   "//": "Workspaces must be listed explicitly to ensure they're processed in the correct order until npm natively supports detecting the topological order",
   "workspaces": [

packages/components/package.json

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
     "react-router-dom": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^18.16.0",
-    "npm": "^9.5.1"
+    "node": "^18.17.0",
+    "npm": "^9.6.7"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

packages/e2e/package.json

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     "cypress": "^12.17.2"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^18.16.0",
-    "npm": "^9.5.1"
+    "node": "^18.17.0",
+    "npm": "^9.6.7"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

packages/graph/package.json

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
     "react-intl": "^6.4.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^18.16.0",
-    "npm": "^9.5.1"
+    "node": "^18.17.0",
+    "npm": "^9.6.7"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

packages/utils/package.json

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     "react-router-dom": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^18.16.0",
-    "npm": "^9.5.1"
+    "node": "^18.17.0",
+    "npm": "^9.6.7"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

tekton/build.yaml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spec:
     - name: source
   steps:
     - name: build-static
-      image: node:18.16-alpine
+      image: node:18.17-alpine
       workingDir: $(workspaces.source.path)
       env:
         - name: CI

test/presubmit-tests.sh

@@ -67,13 +67,10 @@ function get_node() {
   echo "Installing Node.js"
   apt-get update
   apt-get install -y curl
-  curl -O https://nodejs.org/dist/v18.16.0/node-v18.16.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
-  tar xf node-v18.16.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
-  export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/node-v18.16.0-linux-x64/bin
-  echo ">> Node.js version"
-  node --version
-  echo ">> npm version"
-  npm --version
+  curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.4/install.sh | bash
+  export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+  source "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+  nvm install
 }
 
 function node_npm_install() {