'node' or 'npm' CLI commands on a Plesk server fail: version `GLIBC_2.28' not found (required by /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node)

Symptoms

• Running 'node' or 'npm' commands via CLI results in error:
  

  # /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node -v
  /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node: /lib64/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node)
  /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.25' not found (required by /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node)
  /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.28' not found (required by /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node)
  /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.9' not found (required by /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node)
  /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node)
  /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by /opt/plesk/node/18/bin/node)

• The version of the glibc package installed on the server is less than 2.28:

  # ldd --version
  ldd (GNU libc) 2.17

Cause

Resolution

1. Log into Plesk.
2. Update Node.JS extension to the latest version:

   How to update Plesk extensions

In order to use NodeJS 18, install it on a server with supported OS, e.g. Debian 10, RHEL 8, Ubuntu 20.04.