Made Node tests support multiple versions and set the Node default version to 4 everywhere possible

templates/tools/dockerfile/node_deps.include

@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@
 # Install nvm
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
+# Install all versions of node that we want to test
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 5 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 4"

tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile

@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y time && apt-get clean
 # Install nvm
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
+# Install all versions of node that we want to test
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
-
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 5 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 4"
 # Prepare ccache
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/gcc
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/g++

tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh

@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ git clone --recursive /var/local/jenkins/grpc /var/local/git/grpc
 cp -r /var/local/jenkins/service_account $HOME || true
 
 cd /var/local/git/grpc
-nvm use 0.12
-nvm alias default 0.12  # prevent the need to run 'nvm use' in every shell
 
 # build Node interop client & server
 npm install -g node-gyp

tools/dockerfile/stress_test/grpc_interop_stress_node/Dockerfile

@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y time && apt-get clean
 # Install nvm
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
+# Install all versions of node that we want to test
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
-
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 5 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 4"
 # Google Cloud platform API libraries
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python-pip && apt-get clean
 RUN pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client

tools/dockerfile/stress_test/grpc_interop_stress_node/build_interop_stress.sh

@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ git clone --recursive /var/local/jenkins/grpc /var/local/git/grpc
 cp -r /var/local/jenkins/service_account $HOME || true
 
 cd /var/local/git/grpc
-nvm use 0.12
-nvm alias default 0.12  # prevent the need to run 'nvm use' in every shell
 
 # build Node interop client & server
 npm install -g node-gyp

tools/dockerfile/test/multilang_jessie_x64/Dockerfile

@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install libgflags-dev libgtest-dev libc++-dev c
 # Install nvm
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
+# Install all versions of node that we want to test
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
-
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 5 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 4"
 #=================
 # PHP dependencies
 

tools/dockerfile/test/node_jessie_x64/Dockerfile

@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y time && apt-get clean
 # Install nvm
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
+# Install all versions of node that we want to test
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
-
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 5 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 4"
 # Prepare ccache
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/gcc
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/g++

tools/run_tests/run_tests.py

@@ -272,12 +272,17 @@ class NodeLanguage(object):
 
   def __init__(self):
     self.platform = platform_string()
-    self.node_version = '0.12'
 
   def configure(self, config, args):
     self.config = config
     self.args = args
-    _check_compiler(self.args.compiler, ['default'])
+    _check_compiler(self.args.compiler, ['default', 'node0.12',
+                                         'node4', 'node5'])
+    if self.args.compiler == 'default':
+      self.node_version = '4'
+    else:
+      # Take off the word "node"
+      self.node_version = self.args.compiler[4:]
 
   def test_specs(self):
     if self.platform == 'windows':
@@ -802,7 +807,8 @@ argp.add_argument('--compiler',
                            'gcc4.4', 'gcc4.9', 'gcc5.3',
                            'clang3.4', 'clang3.6',
                            'vs2010', 'vs2013', 'vs2015',
-                           'python2.7', 'python3.4'],
+                           'python2.7', 'python3.4',
+                           'node0.12', 'node4', 'node5'],
                   default='default',
                   help='Selects compiler to use. Allowed values depend on the platform and language.')
 argp.add_argument('--build_only',