Node.js is an open-source, event-driven platform, which uses Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It’s used for scalable applications that require live communication between a web server and the worldwide web users and can considerably speed up the performance of any Internet site that’s using it. Node.js is designed to process HTTP web requests and responses and constantly provides small bits of information. For instance, if a new user fills a subscription form, the second any info is inserted in any of the boxes, it is sent to the server even if the other fields are not filled and the user hasn’t clicked any button, so the info is handled much faster. In comparison, conventional systems wait for the whole form to be filled out and one big chunk of information is then submitted to the server. Regardless of how tiny the difference in the information processing time may be, things change when the site expands and there’re plenty of users using it simultaneously. Node.js can be used by online booking portals, interactive web browser video games or instant messaging clients, for example, and numerous corporations, including Yahoo, eBay and LinkedIn, have already included it in their services.

Node.js in Website Hosting

Since Node.js is present on our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform, you will be able to add it to your shared hosting account and to use it for any web-based app that you have, irrespective of which website hosting plan you have chosen during the order process. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all shared website hosting account, will allow you to pick the number of instances that you want to use – this is the number of the web applications that will use Node.js. A couple of minutes later, you’ll be able to specify the path to the application, in other words the location of the .js file in your shared website hosting account, as well as to pick the IP address to receive access to the file – a dedicated IP or the physical server’s shared one. In the new Node.js menu that will show up in the Hepsia Control Panel, you will be able to restart an instance or to terminate it in case you do not need it anymore. You will also be granted access to the output code with just a mouse click.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to use Node.js for any real-time script-based web application running in a semi-dedicated server account, as the platform is offered with all our semi-dedicated packages and you can add it with only a few clicks of the mouse. In case you would like to use it for different sites, you can add more instances through the Upgrades section of your Hepsia Control Panel. The activation is as simple as including the location of your .js file and choosing whether Node.js should use a dedicated IP or any of the physical server’s shared ones, so you can use Node.js even if you have no previous experience with a similar software platform. Our system will also assign a random port that will be used to access the .js file associated with the particular app. Hepsia has an easy to work with interface that will allow you to reboot and to deactivate any of your running instances, to add new ones or to check your applications’ output with just one single click.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

If you decide to make use of any of our Linux dedicated servers for your script-based apps and if you pick the Hepsia hosting Control Panel during the order process, you will be able to make use of Node.js at no additional cost, since the platform is included in our custom tool. Since our dedicated servers are really powerful, you’ll get stunning results even if you run multiple Node.js instances at once. The configuration takes a couple of mouse clicks and the Hepsia Control Panel’s GUI will make it extremely easy for you to set up a new Node.js instance even if you have little or no prior experience. Specifying the .js file path 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 designated a port to access that file, you’ll be all set. Any of the instances that you’ve activated can be restarted or canceled separately and you will be given access to a detailed output log for each app that uses Node.js.