ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED Node 17

[Raphtor]

(Repost from google#350)

The current install docs say to install node.js using nvm:

nvm install stable

However, as of the current stable version is 17.0.1, which introduces some changes in SSL. This results in errors while building:

>> npm run dev-server

> [email protected] dev-server
> webpack-dev-server --config ./config/webpack.config.js

Skipping "*" -> ["*"]
{
  neuroglancer: '/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/src/neuroglancer'
}
(node:29308) DeprecationWarning: Tapable.plugin is deprecated. Use new API on `.hooks` instead
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
ℹ ｢wds｣: Project is running at http://localhost:8080/
ℹ ｢wds｣: webpack output is served from /
(node:29308) DeprecationWarning: Resolver: The callback argument was splitted into resolveContext and callback.
(node:29308) DeprecationWarning: Resolver#doResolve: The type arguments (string) is now a hook argument (Hook). Pass a reference to the hook instead.
ts-loader: Using /home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/config/[email protected]. This version may or may not be compatible with ts-loader.
ts-loader: Using /home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/config/[email protected]. This version may or may not be compatible with ts-loader.
ts-loader: Using /home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/config/[email protected]. This version may or may not be compatible with ts-loader.
(node:29308) DeprecationWarning: loaderUtils.parseQuery() received a non-string value which can be problematic, see https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/56
parseQuery() will be replaced with getOptions() in the next major version of loader-utils.
node:internal/crypto/hash:67
  this[kHandle] = new _Hash(algorithm, xofLen);
                  ^

Error: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported
    at new Hash (node:internal/crypto/hash:67:19)
    at Object.createHash (node:crypto:130:10)
    at module.exports (/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/webpack/lib/util/createHash.js:90:53)
    at getHash (/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/webpack/lib/ModuleFilenameHelpers.js:45:15)
    at Object.ModuleFilenameHelpers.createFilename (/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/webpack/lib/ModuleFilenameHelpers.js:81:10)
    at /home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/webpack/lib/SourceMapDevToolPlugin.js:149:33
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at /home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/webpack/lib/SourceMapDevToolPlugin.js:130:12
    at SyncHook.eval [as call] (eval at create (/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:19:10), <anonymous>:7:1)
    at SyncHook.lazyCompileHook (/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:154:20)
    at /home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:1315:42
    at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:154:20)
    at /home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:1311:36
    at AsyncSeriesHook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
    at AsyncSeriesHook.lazyCompileHook (/home/ec2-user/neuvue-app/django/static/ts/neuroglancer/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:154:20) {
  opensslErrorStack: [ 'error:03000086:digital envelope routines::initialization error' ],
  library: 'digital envelope routines',
  reason: 'unsupported',
  code: 'ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED'
}

Node.js v17.0.1

Using the LTS version (nvm install --lts) fixes this issue. A simple solution would be to update the documentation.