Node.js is an event-driven environment, which uses Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It is used by scalable applications that require live communication between a server and the worldwide web users and can substantially accelerate the overall performance of any site that uses it. Node.js is designed to process HTTP web requests and responses and ceaselessly supplies small amounts of information. For example, if a new user fills in a registration form, once any info is entered in any of the fields, it’s submitted to the server even if the remaining fields are not filled and the user hasn’t clicked on any button, so the info is processed much faster. In comparison, traditional systems wait for the whole form to be filled out and one giant chunk of information is then sent to the server. Irrespective of how tiny the difference in the information processing speed may be, circumstances change when the site grows bigger and there’re lots of persons using it at the same time. Node.js can be used for booking websites, interactive web browser-based video games or web-based chat systems, for example, and many corporations, including Yahoo, eBay and LinkedIn, have already included it in their services.

Node.js in Cloud Hosting

When you host a web app on our advanced cloud hosting platform and you wish to try Node.js, you will be able to add it to your hosting account irrespective of the cloud hosting package that you’re using. This can be done via the Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to use Node.js in no more than a few minutes after you add this feature to the account. You can choose the number of instances that you’d like to add to the account – one instance means that one application 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 web hosting account and choose whether that file will be reachable via the shared IP address of the physical server or via a dedicated one. Our platform will also allocate a port number for the connection. You will be able to stop or to restart each instance independently, if it’s necessary.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you obtain a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you’ll be able to use the full capacity of Node.js with any Internet application that you host on our cloud web hosting platform, as it is available with each and every semi-dedicated hosting plan that we’re offering. You can specify the number of instances, or apps which can use Node.js, through the Hepsia Control Panel with which you can administer your semi-dedicated account. The only things that you’ll have do after that will be to insert the path within the account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to pick the IP that will be used to access this file. You can choose a dedicated IP address if you’ve got one, or any of the server’s shared IPs. Our system will also select a randomly generated port number. Using the Node.js controls inside Hepsia, you’re able to view the output of a given app or to start/restart/stop any of the instances that you have added.

Node.js in Dedicated Hosting

Node.js is included with all Linux dedicated hosting on which our custom Hepsia Control Panel is installed. The latter has a rather simple and easy-to-use interface, so even if you’ve never worked with the Node.js platform before, you’ll be able to unleash its full potential in only a few simple steps. As soon as you have uploaded the application’s content, you will need to insert the path to the specific .js files that will use Node.js and to select the IP that they will use (dedicated or shared), whereas our system will specify a randomly generated port number that will be used to access these files. There is no constraint on the total amount of Node.js instances that you can create and use simultaneously and you will have total control over them via the Hepsia Control Panel – you’ll be able to create new ones or to cancel/restart existing ones, to view the output log for each app, etc.