Feature: minimum version check (#1578)

bin/signalk-server

@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@
  * limitations under the License.
 */
 
+const { engines } = require('../package.json');
+const semver = require('semver');
+const minimumVersion = engines.node;
+const recommendedVersion = "18";
+
+if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, minimumVersion)) {
+  console.error(`The installed version of node (${process.version}) is older than the minimum required version (${minimumVersion}). See https://github.com/SignalK/signalk-server/wiki/Installing-and-Updating-Node.js for more information how to upgrade.`);
+  process.exit(1);
+} else if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, recommendedVersion)) {
+  console.warn(`The installed version of node (${process.version}) is different than the recommended version (${recommendedVersion}). See https://github.com/SignalK/signalk-server/wiki/Installing-and-Updating-Node.js for more information how to upgrade.`);
+} 
+
 const Server = require('../lib')
 const server = new Server()
 

package.json

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
     "primus": "^7.0.0",
-    "semver": "^7.1.1",
+    "semver": "^7.5.4",
     "split": "^1.0.0",
     "stat-mode": "^1.0.0",
     "swagger-ui-express": "^4.5.0",