Update from node v14 to v18.6.0

.github/workflows/joystream-cli.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}

.github/workflows/joystream-node-docker-publish.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
+          node-version: '18.x'
 
       - id: compute_shasum
         name: Compute runtime code shasum

.github/workflows/joystream-node-docker.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
+          node-version: '18.x'
 
       - id: compute_shasum
         name: Compute runtime code shasum
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
+          node-version: '18.x'
 
       # docker manifest inspect requires authentication
       - name: Login to DockerHub

.github/workflows/joystream-node.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
+          node-version: '18.x'
       - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v3
         with:
           PREFIX_FILTER: |
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
+          node-version: '18.x'
       - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v3
         with:
           PREFIX_FILTER: |

.github/workflows/joystream-types.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}

.github/workflows/lint-typescript.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}

.github/workflows/metadata-protobuf.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}

.github/workflows/query-node.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}

.github/workflows/run-network-tests.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
+          node-version: '18.x'
 
       - id: compute_shasum
         name: Compute runtime code shasum
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
+          node-version: '18.x'
       - name: Get artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
+          node-version: '18.x'
       - name: Install packages and dependencies
         if: env.GIT_DIFF
         run: |

.github/workflows/storage-node.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Joystream Monorepo ChangeLog
+
+This is a top-level view of changes in the repo, linking to detailed changelogs of individual packages changed.
+If no packages or cargo crates are changed then the changes are usually "devops" related.
+
+### 2023-7-20 - Node.js update
+
+This is developer tools update release.
+
+#### Moving to node v18.6.0 from v14
+This is a potentially breaking change for your setup, since it requires a minimum GLIBC_2.28 on gnu/linux systems. If you use Ubuntu then you should be at least on the `20.04` release.
+
+To check your glibc version use this command: `ldd --version`
+
+If your version is older than v2.28 you should really consider updating your OS it is probably quite dated and vulnerable to security bugs.
+
+The minimum required node engine for all monorepo packages is updated to v14.18.0
+
+No npm packages have not been published with new engine version yet, so you are not impacted if your application depends on them, until the next package version release. To be ready do one of:
+
+1. Update to latest version of nodejs if possible, or
+1. If you have to stick with v14 update to the latest v14 release
+
+If you are using volta and your OS distro is fairly new you will not need to do anything, volta will automatically fetch and use required version. For workarounds see the install development tools section in the [README.md](./README.md)

README.md

@@ -9,30 +9,55 @@ functionality to support the [various roles](https://joystream.gitbook.io/testne
 
 ## Development
 
+For best results use GNU/Linux with minimum glibc version 2.28 for nodejs v18 to work.
+So Ubuntu 20.04 or newer.
+
+You can check your version of glibc with `ldd --version`
+
 The following tools are required for building, testing and contributing to this repo:
 
 - [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) toolchain - _required_
-- [nodejs](https://nodejs.org/) v14.x - _required_
+- [nodejs](https://nodejs.org/) >= v14.18.x - _required_ (However volta will try to use v18.6)
 - [yarn classic](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install) package manager v1.22.x- _required_
 - [docker](https://www.docker.com/get-started) and docker-compose v2.20.x or higher - _required_
 - [ansible](https://www.ansible.com/) - _optional_
 
 If you use VSCode as your code editor we recommend using the workspace [settings](devops/vscode/settings.json) for recommend eslint plugin to function properly.
 
-After cloning the repo run the following initialization scripts:
+After cloning the repo run the following to get started:
 
+### Install development tools
 ```sh
-# Install development tools
 ./setup.sh
+```
+
+### If you prefer your own node version manager
+Install development tools without Volta version manager.
+
+```sh
+./setup.sh --no-volta
+```
+
+### For older operating systems which don't support node 18
+Modify the root `package.json` and change volta section to use node version 16.20.1 instead of 18.6.0
+```json
+"volta": {
+    "node": "16.20.1",
+    "yarn": "1.22.19"
+}
+```
 
-# build local npm packages
+### Run local development network
+
+```sh
+# Build local npm packages
 yarn build:packages
 
-# Build joystream/node docker image
-yarn build:node:docker
+# Build joystream/node docker testing image
+RUNTIME_PROFILE=TESTING yarn build:node:docker
 
-# start a local development network
-yarn start
+# Start a local development network
+RUNTIME_PROFILE=TESTING yarn start
 ```
 
 ## Software

RUNTIME-CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ WS_URI=wss://rpc.joystream.org yarn ts-node src/get-wasm-from-chain.ts ./runtime
 # compute the blake2-256 hash of the runtime
 b2sum -l 256 ./runtime.wasm
 # Inspect the runtime version
-node --experimental-wasm-bigint src/inspect-wasm-runtime-version.js ./runtime.wasm
+node src/inspect-wasm-runtime-version.js ./runtime.wasm
 ```
 
 ### Using [subwasm](https://github.com/chevdor/subwasm)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ docker rm test
 # compute the blake2-256 hash of the runtime
 b2sum -l 256 ./master.wasm
 # Inspect the runtime version information
-node --experimental-wasm-bigint utils/api-scripts/src/inspect-wasm-runtime-version.js ./master.wasm
+node utils/api-scripts/src/inspect-wasm-runtime-version.js ./master.wasm
 ```
 
 Compare results with the runtime you fetched from the chain in previous section.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ WS_URI=wss://rpc.joystream.org yarn ts-node src/get-wasm-from-proposal.ts 123 ./
 # compute the blake2-256 hash of the runtime
 b2sum -l 256 ./proposed.wasm
 # Inspect the runtime version information
-node --experimental-wasm-bigint src/inspect-wasm-runtime-version.js ./runtime.wasm
+node src/inspect-wasm-runtime-version.js ./runtime.wasm
 ```
 
 Checkout the proposed runtime from the proposer's fork of joystream repository, and build it.
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ Specific test scenario should be written to test for any state migration code pe
 There are some scripts in `tests/network-tests/run-migration-tests.sh` that are executed by github workflow to perform such tests,
 but they should also be executed locally.
 
-The tool is being updated for Ephesus network: https://github.com/Joystream/joystream/pull/4569
-
 ### Additional Resources
 Some tooling that would be useful to add to our node and runtime to improve testing capabilities:
 - https://docs.substrate.io/reference/how-to-guides/tools/use-try-runtime/
 - https://docs.substrate.io/reference/command-line-tools/try-runtime/
+
+This is coming in nara release https://github.com/Joystream/joystream/pull/4705

cli/package.json

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     "typescript": "^4.4.3"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.0.0",
+    "node": ">=14.18.0",
     "yarn": "^1.22.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
   },
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "volta": {
-    "node": "14.16.1",
-    "yarn": "1.22.15"
+    "node": "18.6.0",
+    "yarn": "1.22.19"
   }
 }

devops/ansible/roles/common/tasks/install-tools.yml

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
   shell: 
     cmd: |
       bash -ic "
-        volta install node@14 && volta install yarn
+        volta install node@18 && volta install yarn
       "
   args:
     executable: /bin/bash

distributor-node/client/package.json

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
     "typescript": "^4.4.3"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.16.1"
+    "node": ">=14.18.0"
   },
   "volta": {
-    "node": "14.16.1",
-    "yarn": "1.22.15"
+    "node": "18.6.0",
+    "yarn": "1.22.19"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Joystream/joystream",
   "keywords": [

distributor-node/package.json

@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
     "widdershins": "^4.0.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.16.1"
+    "node": ">=14.18.0"
   },
   "volta": {
-    "node": "14.16.1",
-    "yarn": "1.22.15"
+    "node": "18.6.0",
+    "yarn": "1.22.19"
   },
   "files": [
     "/bin",