Node.js is an open-source, event-driven platform built with the Google V8 JavaScript engine. It’s used by scalable web apps that need real-time interaction between a server and the Internet users and can noticeably speed up the performance of any website that uses it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP web requests and responses and constantly supplies little amounts of information. For example, in case a new user fills out a registration form, once any info is inserted in any of the fields, it’s sent to the server even if the other boxes are not filled out and the user hasn’t clicked on any button, so the information is handled much faster. In contrast, conventional platforms wait for the entire form to be filled out and one massive hunk of information is then sent to the server. Irrespective of how little the difference in the processing time may be, circumstances change in case the site grows bigger and there are lots of users using it simultaneously. Node.js can be used by online reservation portals, real-time browser games or web-based chat platforms, for example, and numerous companies, among them LinkedIn, eBay and Yahoo, have already implemented it in their services.

Node.js in Cloud Web Hosting

You can use Node.js with every cloud web hosting plan that we are offering, since the platform is present on our cloud hosting servers and can be added to an existing account with several clicks of the mouse. Once you sign into your Hepsia Control Panel, you will find Node.js under the Upgrades menu where you can pick how many instances you’d like to add. One instance means that one application will use the platform and you’ll be able to add as many instances to your web hosting account as you want. A new section will appear in the Control Panel soon after that and to start using Node.js, you will have to define the path to the .js file that will use the platform and to choose if the connection should go through the shared IP of the physical server or through a dedicated IP. The controls inside Hepsia will also allow you to reboot or to switch off an instance and to check any given application’s output.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server from us, you can make use of all the benefits that the Node.js platform is offering, since it is available with all our plans and you’re able to add it to your semi-dedicated account with a couple of clicks of the mouse from the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel – the account management tool that’s included with each and every semi-dedicated server. If you want to employ Node.js for multiple web-based apps, you can select the number of instances that the platform will use when you are adding this service to your semi-dedicated plan. After that, you’ll have to insert the path to the .js file in your account for each instance. This can be done in the new menu that will show up in the Control Panel after you add the upgrade and during the process, you can also select if the access path to the specific app should go through a dedicated IP address – in case you’ve got one, or through the server’s shared IP. Each instance that you order can be restarted or deactivated separately and you can see your applications’ output with just several mouse clicks.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js comes with all Hepsia hosting Control Panel-managed VPS servers that we’re offering and you can set it up without experiencing any difficulty, even if you’ve never worked with it beforehand, as Hepsia has a user-friendly, point ‘n’ click graphical interface, which will allow you to do anything without effort. The Node.js platform can be used for as many script-powered web applications as you need, so you can get the most out of your sites by mixing the power of our VPS servers with the performance that Node.js provides. You will have to add the directory path to the .js file in your account and to select whether it will use a dedicated IP or your VPS server’s shared IP and you will be all set. The file can be accessed using a port that our system will allocate randomly when you activate a new Node.js instance. Hepsia will grant you full control over all Node.js instances and, with just one mouse click, you’ll be able to start, to delete or to restart them, as well as to view the output of each app that uses the Node.js platform.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js comes with all Linux dedicated servers that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you’ll be able to make the most of the event-driven platform as soon as your physical server is up and running. As Hepsia is amazingly intuitive, you will be able to do that without having any predicaments, even if you’ve never used the Node.js platform before, as everything that you will have to do on your end is add the path to the .js file that will use Node.js and the IP that will be used to access the file. The latter can be a dedicated one or can be shared with other Internet sites. You can manage as many Node.js instances as you like on our very powerful dedicated servers and each of them can be managed independently – you’ll be able to start, to restart or to cancel it, to check the output of the application using it, etc. You can do this through the simple-to-use, point & click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can make full use of the power of Node.js without any effort.