Node.js is an open-source, event-driven environment built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It is used by scalable apps that require live communication between a server and the online users and can tremendously accelerate the overall performance of any site that’s using it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP web requests and responses and ceaselessly provides tiny amounts of information. For example, in case a new user fills in a registration form, as soon as any information is inserted in any of the boxes, it’s sent to the server even if the rest of the boxes are not filled and the user has not clicked on any button, so the information is processed a lot faster. In contrast, conventional platforms wait for the entire form to be filled and one massive chunk of information is then forwarded to the server. No matter how little the difference in the information processing speed may be, things change if the site grows bigger and there’re many persons using it simultaneously. Node.js can be used by booking portals, real-time web browser-based video games or web-based chat portals, for instance, and numerous companies, including LinkedIn, eBay and Yahoo, have already incorporated it into their services.

Node.js in Shared Website Hosting

All Linux shared website hosting that we offer come with Node.js and you will be able to add this leading-edge event-driven platform to your account using the Add Services/Upgrades link in your Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to pick the number of instances for this specific upgrade, in other words how many different platforms/sites will make use of Node.js simultaneously, and you can run as many instances as you wish. Hepsia will also permit you to select the precise path to your .js application and to decide whether you will use a dedicated IP address or the physical server’s shared one. Accessing Node.js will be possible using a randomly generated port assigned by our cloud hosting system. In addition, you can stop or reboot any instance that you’ve activated, edit the path to the .js app or see the output of the running instances with only a couple of mouse clicks from your web hosting Control Panel via an incredibly simple-to-use graphical interface.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server from us, you can use all the advantages that the Node.js event-driven platform is offering, because it is available with all our semi-dedicated hosting plans and you can add it to your semi-dedicated account with a couple of mouse clicks from the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel – the semi-dedicated account administration tool that comes with each semi-dedicated server. In case you would like to employ Node.js for different web apps, you can pick the number of instances which the platform will use when you’re adding this feature to your plan. After that, you’ll have to include the path to the .js file in your account for each instance. You can do this in the new menu that will appear in the Control Panel after you add the upgrade and in the meantime, you can also select if the path to the specific app will go through a dedicated IP address – if you have one, or through the server’s shared IP. Each instance that you order can be restarted or removed separately and you can see the output of your applications with only several clicks.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js is available as standard with each VPS server that comes with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and imposes no constraints in regard to the number of web sites that can use it at any given time. This makes our VPS plans an excellent choice for building numerous real-time Internet applications and for taking full advantage of each of them. Hepsia is user-friendly enough even for people with no prior experience, so if you would like to set up Node.js for any app, it will not take more than several mouse clicks to make this. You’ll only have to insert the location of the given .js file and to choose if Node.js will use the server’s shared IP address or a dedicated one. Our platform will also set a certain port number that will be used to access the .js file. Right after that, you’ll be all set and will be able to take advantage of the full potential of your real-time applications. The Hepsia Control Panel will enable you to view the output of the applications and to reboot or to shut down any of your instances using quick-access controls.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js is offered with all Linux dedicated servers on which our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel is installed. The latter offers an incredibly intuitive and easy-to-navigate graphical interface, so even if you have not worked with Node.js before, you’ll be able to uncover its true potential in just a couple of simple steps. Once you’ve uploaded the app’s content, you’ll have to define the path to the specific .js files that will use the Node.js platform and to select the IP that they will use (shared or dedicated), while our system will specify a randomly generated port that will be used to access these files. There is no constraint on the total amount of instances that you can activate and use at the same time and you will have full control over them through the Hepsia Control Panel – you will be able to activate new ones or to deactivate/restart existing ones, to see the output log for each application, etcetera.