Gem Load Error is: Node.js (V8) runtime is not available on this system

Question

I am deploying my rails app using Capistrano and nginx, when I try to view the app, it does not start, I get the error below, although when I do which node, I get this:

/home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v8.0.0/bin/node

Although node is installed, the error is:

Gem Load Error is: Node.js (V8) runtime is not available on this system

If I run ExecJS.eval "'red yellow blue'.split(' ')" at rails c I get the expected result, so ExecJS already knows where node installed..

EDIT PATH already contains the path for node

$ echo $PATH
/home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v8.0.0/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

I am using Ruby without RVM.

More details:

age/Cor/App/Implementation.cpp:221 ]: Could not spawn process for application /var/www/my_app/current: The application encountered the following error: There was an error while trying to load the gem 'thredded'.
Gem Load Error is: Node.js (V8) runtime is not available on this system
Backtrace for gem load error is:
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/execjs-2.7.0/lib/execjs/runtimes.rb:71:in `from_environment'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/execjs-2.7.0/lib/execjs/runtimes.rb:57:in `autodetect'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/execjs-2.7.0/lib/execjs.rb:5:in `<module:ExecJS>'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/execjs-2.7.0/lib/execjs.rb:4:in `<top (required)>'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.10/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `require'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.10/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `block in require'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.10/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `load_dependency'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.10/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `require'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/autoprefixer-rails-9.4.9/lib/autoprefixer-rails/processor.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/autoprefixer-rails-9.4.9/lib/autoprefixer-rails.rb:36:in `require_relative'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/autoprefixer-rails-9.4.9/lib/autoprefixer-rails.rb:36:in `<top (required)>'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.10/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `require'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.10/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `block in require'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.10/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `load_dependency'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.10/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `require'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/thredded-0.15.5/lib/thredded.rb:28:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.16.2/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:81:in `require'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.16.2/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:81:in `block (2 levels) in require'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.16.2/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:76:in `each'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.16.2/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:76:in `block in require'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.16.2/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:65:in `each'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.16.2/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:65:in `require'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.16.2/lib/bundler.rb:114:in `require'
/var/www/my_app/releases/20190302100032/config/application.rb:8:in `<top (required)>'
/var/www/my_app/releases/20190302100032/config/environment.rb:3:in `require'
/var/www/my_app/releases/20190302100032/config/environment.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
config.ru:3:in `require'
config.ru:3:in `block in <main>'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-1.6.8/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:in `instance_eval'
/var/www/my_app/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rack-1.6.8/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:in `initialize'
config.ru:1:in `new'
config.ru:1:in `<main>'
/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/rack-preloader.rb:101:in `eval'
/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/rack-preloader.rb:101:in `preload_app'
/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/rack-preloader.rb:189:in `block in <module:App>'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/phusion_passenger/loader_shared_helpers.rb:380:in `run_block_and_record_step_progress'
/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/rack-preloader.rb:188:in `<module:App>'
/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/rack-preloader.rb:30:in `<module:PhusionPassenger>'
/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/rack-preloader.rb:29:in `<main>'

Answer 1

Most probably /home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v8.0.0/bin/node is not in your PATH according to execjs source code. You could check PATH either from shell like echo $PATH or rails console like ENV['PATH'].split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR). If your node path is not in your path then there are two ways.

Updating PATH or creating a symbolic link for your node inside /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin directories because of the fact that they are default in PATH.