MLE-15583 : Revert back the homedir-polyfill exclusion changes since homedir-polyfill might not be a threat.

Author: anu3990

Jenkinsfile

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def runTests(String type,String version){
         cd node-client-api
         node --version
         npm --version
-        npm install
+        npm ci
         cd test-app
         ./gradlew -i mlDeploy -g $PWD
         cd ..
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def runAuditReport(){
     sh '''
         export PATH=${NODE_HOME_DIR}/bin:$PATH
         cd node-client-api
-        npm install
+        npm ci
         rm -rf $WORKSPACE/npm-audit-report.json || true
         npm audit -json || true > $WORKSPACE/npm-audit-report.json
     '''
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def runE2ETests(String type,String version){
         cd node-client-api
         node --version
         npm --version
-        npm install
+        npm ci
         node etc/test-setup-qa.js
         # Adding sleep for the setups to complete before running test-complete
         sleep 10

checkNodeVersion.js

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const result = process.versions;
+if (result && result.node) {
+    const nodeVersion = parseFloat(result.node).toFixed(2);
+    if (nodeVersion >= 16.14) {
+        console.log('-------******* Good to Go with your Node Version: ' + result.node + ' *******-------');
+    } else {
+        console.log('-------******* Package installation(npm install) or Project startup command(npm start) failed due to Node Version, Please install and use Node Version >=16.14 *******-------');
+        console.log('-------******* Your current Node Version is: ' + result.node + ' *******-------');
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+} else {
+    console.log('-------******* Something went wrong while checking Node version *******-------');
+    process.exit(1);
+}