Node.js is an event-driven environment built with the Google V8 JavaScript engine. It’s used for scalable applications that need live communication between a server and the worldwide web users and can noticeably enhance the overall performance of any Internet site that uses it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP requests and responses and ceaselessly provides little amounts of information. For instance, if a new user fills a subscription form, as soon as any info is inserted in one of the boxes, it is sent to the server even if the remaining boxes are not filled out and the user has not clicked on any button, so the info is processed a lot faster. In contrast, other platforms wait for the entire form to be filled out and one huge hunk of information is then submitted to the server. Irrespective of how small the difference in the processing time may be, circumstances change if the site expands and there’re lots of people using it simultaneously. Node.js can be used by booking portals, real-time browser video games or instant messengers, for instance, and plenty of corporations, including eBay, Yahoo and LinkedIn, have already integrated it into their services.

Node.js in Shared Hosting

If you host a web application on our advanced cloud platform and you’d like to try Node.js, you will be able to add it to your account regardless of the shared hosting package that you are using. You can make this via the Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to use Node.js in no more than several minutes after you add this service to the account. You will be able to select how many instances you wish to add to your account – one instance means one application using Node.js. In the new section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can define the path to the .js file in your web hosting account and select if the file in question will be reachable via the shared IP address of the physical server or via a dedicated IP. Our system will also specify a port for the connection. You’ll be able to delete or to restart each instance separately, if it is needed.

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 offers, due to the fact that it is available with all our semi-dedicated plans and you’re able to add it to your semi-dedicated account with a few mouse clicks from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the semi-dedicated server administration tool that comes bundled with each semi-dedicated server. In case you’d like to use Node.js for multiple Internet apps, you can choose the amount of instances which the platform will use when you are adding this service to your semi-dedicated plan. Then, you will have to indicate the path to the .js file in your semi-dedicated account for each instance. You can do this in the new section that will appear in the Control Panel after you order the upgrade and during the process, you can also select if the path to the specific app will go through a dedicated IP address – if you’ve got one, or through the physical server’s shared IP. Each and every instance that you run can be rebooted or shut down separately and you can see your applications’ output with just a couple of clicks of the mouse.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js comes bundled with all Hepsia hosting Control Panel-managed VPS servers that we offer and you can activate it without the need to deal with any problem, even if you’ve never used it beforehand, because the Hepsia Control Panel offers a simple-to-use, point & click GUI, which will allow you to do anything effortlessly. The Node.js platform can be used for as many script-powered applications as you wish, so you can make the most of your sites by combining the power of our Virtual Private Servers with the performance offered by Node.js. You will need to specify the directory path to the .js file within your account and to choose if it will use a dedicated IP or your server’s shared IP and you will be all set. The file can be accessed using a port number that our system will set randomly when you activate a new Node.js instance. Hepsia will grant you full control over all Node.js instances and, with only a click, you will be able to start, to remove or to restart them, as well as to check the output of each app that uses the Node.js platform.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

If you decide to buy one of our dedicated servers for your script-driven applications and if you pick the Hepsia hosting Control Panel on the order page, you’ll be able to use Node.js at no additional charge, as this platform is included in our in-house built tool. Since our dedicated servers are amazingly powerful, you will enjoy stunning results even if you manage multiple Node.js instances at once. The setup requires a couple of clicks of the mouse and Hepsia’s graphical user interface will make it quite easy for you to activate a new Node.js instance even if you have little or no experience. Adding the path to the .js file and choosing a shared or a dedicated IP will be everything that you’ll have to do yourself and as soon as our system has selected a port number to access that file, you will be all set. Any of the Node.js instances that you have activated can be rebooted or canceled separately and you will obtain access to a detailed output log for each of the apps that use Node.js.