What's the deal with node crashing

.ci/provision/centos_7.sh

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -ex
 
+# CentOS 7 comes with GCC 4.8.5 which does not fully support C++14, so we need
+# a newer toolchain.
+sudo yum install -y centos-release-scl
+sudo yum install -y devtoolset-9
+source /opt/rh/devtoolset-9/enable
+
 # Install prerequisites
-sudo yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools'
 sudo yum install -y \
-  gcc-c++ \
-  zsh \
   tree \
   rsync \
-  autoconf \
-  automake \
   procps \
   openssl-devel \
   ncurses-devel \
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ sudo yum install -y \
   findutils \
   python3 \
   unzip \
-  glibc-all-langpacks \
   rpmdevtools \
   rpmlint \
   openssl \
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ sudo yum install -y epel-release elrepo-release
 sudo yum install -y yum-plugin-elrepo
 sudo yum install -y kmod-wireguard
 
-
 # Install asdf ruby
 if [ ! -d $HOME/.asdf ]; then
   git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf.git $HOME/.asdf

.ci/provision/centos_8.sh

@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@ set -ex
 # Install prerequisites
 sudo yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools'
 sudo yum install -y \
-  gcc-c++ \
-  zsh \
   tree \
   rsync \
-  autoconf \
-  automake \
   procps \
   openssl-devel \
   ncurses-devel \
@@ -18,7 +14,6 @@ sudo yum install -y \
   findutils \
   python3 \
   unzip \
-  glibc-all-langpacks \
   rpmdevtools \
   rpmlint \
   openssl \

Vagrantfile

@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@
 
 # This Vagrantfile is used for functional testing in the CI pipeline.
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
-  if ENV["CI"]
     # Github Actions MacOS hosts have 14 GB RAM and 3 CPU cores :-D
     config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |virtualbox|
-      virtualbox.cpus = 3
-      virtualbox.memory = 8_192
+      if ENV["CI"]
+        virtualbox.cpus = 3
+        virtualbox.memory = 8_192
+      else
+        virtualbox.cpus = 12
+        virtualbox.memory = 2048
+      end
     end
-  end
 
-  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant"
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "rsync",
+    rsync__exclude: [".git/", "_build/", "**/deps/", "**/node_modules/"]
 
   config.vm.define "centos_7" do |centos7|
     centos7.vm.box = "generic/centos7"

omnibus/config/software/nodejs.rb

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ version "16.6.1" do
   source url: default_src_url, sha256: "36467b8a4e7e3bacc2f4f1709a83b0506429d1999bc461e5e363bc91d3437c09"
 end
 
+version "14.17.4" do
+  source url: default_src_url, sha256: "70c75f21ac601ae9e0fd86bdfd4e13e4d302f42b4fafcd6d21804b043a571c36"
+end
+
 version "12.22.3" do
   source url: default_src_url, sha256: "30acec454f26a168afe6d1c55307c5186ef23dba66527cc34e4497d01f91bda4"
 end

omnibus/config/software/openssl.rb

@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ skip_transitive_dependency_licensing true
 dependency "cacerts"
 dependency "openssl-fips" if fips_mode?
 
-default_version "1.1.1i" # do_not_auto_update
+if ohai["platform"] == "centos" && ohai["platform_version"].start_with?("7.")
+  # Need an older version of openssl because newer versions fail to build with the
+  # gcc toolchain that comes with CentOS 7. Need at least gcc/g++ 4.9.
+  default_version "1.0.2i"
+else
+  default_version "1.1.1i" # do_not_auto_update
+end
 
 # Openssl builds engines as libraries into a special directory. We need to include
 # that directory in lib_dirs so omnibus can sign them during macOS deep signing.
@@ -49,6 +55,8 @@ version("1.1.1i") { source sha256: "e8be6a35fe41d10603c3cc635e93289ed00bf34b7967
 version("1.0.2y") { source sha256: "4882ec99f8e147ab26375da8a6af92efae69b6aef505234764f8cd00a1b81ffc" }
 version("1.0.2x") { source sha256: "79cb4e20004a0d1301210aee7e154ddfba3d6a33d0df1f6c5d3257cb915a59c9" }
 version("1.0.2w") { source sha256: "a675ad1a9df59015cebcdf713de76a422347c5d99f11232fe75758143defd680" }
+version("1.0.2i") { source sha256: "9287487d11c9545b6efb287cdb70535d4e9b284dd10d51441d9b9963d000de6f" }
+
 
 relative_path "openssl-#{version}"