Node.js is an event-driven runtime environment built with the Google V8 JavaScript engine. It’s used for scalable web applications that need real-time communication between a server and the online users and can noticeably enhance the overall performance of any site that’s using it. Node.js is designed to process HTTP web requests and responses and constantly delivers tiny amounts of information. For example, in case a new user fills out a signup form, as soon as any information is inserted in any of the boxes, it is forwarded to the server even if the other boxes are not filled out and the user has not clicked on any button, so the info is processed much faster. In comparison, traditional systems wait for the whole form to be filled and one massive chunk of information is then sent to the server. No matter how small the difference in the information processing time may be, things change if the Internet site grows bigger and there are plenty of persons using it at the same time. Node.js can be used for booking portals, interactive web browser games or web-based chat portals, for instance, and lots of companies, including eBay, Yahoo and LinkedIn, have already included it in their services.

Node.js in Website Hosting

If you host an Internet app on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform and you would like to try Node.js, you’ll be able to add it to your hosting account regardless of the website hosting plan that you use. This can be done via the Upgrades section in the Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to take advantage of Node.js in no more than a few minutes after you add this feature to your account. You can select how many instances you wish to add to the account – one instance means that one app will be using Node.js. In the new section that will appear in the Control Panel, you can write the path to the .js file in your hosting account and select whether the file in question will be reachable through the physical server’s shared IP address or via a dedicated one. Our system will also designate a port for the connection. You’ll be able to terminate or to reboot each instance independently, in case it is required.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

All our semi-dedicated servers come with Node.js, so if you would like to run any real-time app on our avant-garde cloud web hosting platform, you will be able to use the power that Node.js can give you with only a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. The service is upgradeable, so if you wish to use Node.js for multiple web sites, you will be able to select the amount of active instances, one instance being one app. Using the Hepsia Control Panel’s easy-to-work-with graphical interface, you will have to add the path to the .js file for each instance and to choose if Node.js will use a dedicated IP address or the server’s shared one. Our platform will assign a randomly generated port number to access your app and you will find it in the corresponding Control Panel section. Hepsia will also enable you to check the output of each of your apps or to terminate/restart each instance separately.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js is included with all dedicated servers on which our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed. The latter offers an incredibly intuitive and user-friendly graphical interface, so even if you have not worked with Node.js before, you can take advantage of its full potential in just a few easy steps. Once you have uploaded the app’s content, you’ll need to specify the directory path to the respective .js files that will use the Node.js platform and to choose the IP which they will use (dedicated or shared), whereas our system will designate a randomly generated port that will be used to access the files in question. There isn’t any restriction on the total amount of Node.js instances that you can create and use at the same time and you’ll have complete command over them from the Hepsia Control Panel – you’ll be able to get new ones or to discontinue/reboot existing ones, to check the output log for each application, and so on.