nodejs

nodejs

A minimal Node.js parent. The smallest "real runtime" recipe in the collection (~250 MB) — useful for JS / TS workloads where Python isn't needed.

When to pick this

• Your agent generates and runs JavaScript / TypeScript.
• You're fanning out Playwright browser sessions for scraping or testing.
• You want to run user-supplied Node.js / Deno scripts in isolation.
• You want the smallest possible parent rootfs (faster snapshot, less divergence pressure at high N).

What you get

• node:22-slim base
• npm (and yarn via npm if desired)
• forkd-init.sh + forkd-agent.py as PID 1
• Empty /workspace directory for user code

Total rootfs: ~250 MB, smallest of the recipes.

Use it

sudo bash recipes/nodejs/build.sh
sudo bash scripts/host-tap.sh
sudo forkd snapshot --tag node \
    --kernel ./vmlinux-6.1.141 \
    --rootfs recipes/nodejs/parent.ext4 \
    --tap forkd-tap0

sudo bash scripts/netns-setup.sh 20
sudo -E forkd fork --tag node -n 20 --per-child-netns

# Each child can node -e or run scripts
sudo forkd exec --child forkd-child-3 -- \
    node -e "console.log(process.versions)"