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+---
+# nodejs molecule/default/verify.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: Verify
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+
+    - name: Check installed Node.js version string
+      command:
+        cmd: "nodejs --version"
+      register: nodejs_version
+      tags:
+        - skip_ansible_lint  # info gathering
+
+    - debug:
+        var: nodejs_version
+
+    - name: Assert that installed Node.js version matches version string
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - "'v12' in nodejs_version.stdout"