Node.js is an event-driven platform built with the Google V8 JavaScript engine. It’s used for scalable applications that require live interaction between a web server and the online users and can significantly improve the performance of any website that uses it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP web requests and responses and constantly supplies tiny amounts of information. For instance, if a new user fills in a signup form, once any information is entered in one of the fields, it’s sent to the server even if the rest of the fields are not filled out and the user hasn’t clicked on any button, so the info is processed a whole lot faster. In contrast, other platforms wait for the entire form to be filled out and one sizeable hunk of information is then forwarded to the server. Regardless of how tiny the difference in the processing time may be, things change when the website grows bigger and there are numerous people using it simultaneously. Node.js can be used for online reservation portals, interactive browser games or online chat applications, for instance, and numerous corporations, among them Yahoo, LinkedIn and eBay, have already incorporated it into their services.

Node.js in Hosting

You will be able to make use of Node.js with each and every hosting package that we’re offering, since the platform is available on our cloud hosting servers and can be added to an active shared web hosting account with a few mouse clicks. When you log in to your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you’ll see Node.js under the Upgrades menu where you can select how many instances you wish to activate. One instance means that one app will use Node.js and you will be able to add as many instances to your website hosting account as you need. A new section will show up in the Control Panel shortly after that and to begin using Node.js, you’ll need to insert the path to the .js file that will use it and to select if the connection will go through the physical server’s shared IP or through a dedicated IP. The controls inside the Hepsia Control Panel will also allow you to reboot or to deactivate an instance and to check the output of any given application.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server from our company, you can make use of all the advantages that the Node.js event-driven platform is offering, since it’s available with all our semi-dedicated hosting plans and you can add it to your account with a couple of clicks from the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel – the account administration tool that comes bundled with every semi-dedicated server. If you would like to use Node.js for multiple web applications, you can pick the amount of instances which the platform will use when you’re adding this feature to your plan. Then, you’ll have to specify the path to the .js file in your semi-dedicated account for each instance. You can do this in the new section that will show up in the Control Panel after you add the upgrade and in the meantime, you can also choose whether the access path to the given app should go through a dedicated IP address – in case you have one, or through the server’s shared IP. Each instance that you activate can be restarted or discontinued independently and you can check your apps’ output with only a couple of clicks of the mouse.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js comes with all Hepsia hosting Control Panel-managed VPS servers that we offer and you can configure it without any predicaments, even if you have never used it beforehand, as Hepsia has an easy to work with, point-and-click interface, which will allow you to do anything with no effort. The platform can be used for as many script-based web applications as you need, so you can make the most of your Internet sites by combining the power of our servers with the performance provided by the Node.js platform. You’ll have to define the directory path to the .js file within your account and to select if it will use a dedicated IP or your virtual machine’s shared IP and you’ll be all set. Accessing the file will be possible using a port that our system will assign randomly when you set up a new Node.js instance. Hepsia will give you total control over all Node.js instances and, with just one click of the mouse, you’ll be able to start, to deactivate 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

Node.js is available with all Linux dedicated web hosting plans that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you will be able to make use of this platform once your physical server is assembled. As the Hepsia Control Panel is really intuitive, you will be able to do that without experiencing any problem, even if you have never used the Node.js platform before, since everything that you’ll need to do on your end is indicate the directory path to the .js file that will use the Node.js platform and the IP that will be used to access the file. The latter can be a dedicated IP or can be shared with other Internet sites. You can set up as many Node.js instances as you need on our astonishingly powerful dedicated machines and each of them can be controlled independently – you will be able to start, to restart or to terminate it, to view the output of the app using it, etc. You can do this via the easy-to-work-with, point & click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can take advantage of the power of the Node.js platform without any effort.