Node.js is an open-source, event-driven platform built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It is used by scalable web applications that require real-time interaction between a server and the worldwide web users and can tremendously boost the performance of any Internet site that uses it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP requests and responses and constantly supplies little amounts of information. For example, in case a new user fills out a signup form, the moment any information is entered in any of the fields, it is forwarded to the server even if the remaining boxes are not filled and the user has not clicked any button, so the information is handled a whole lot faster. In contrast, other platforms wait for the whole form to be filled and one huge chunk of information is then submitted to the server. Regardless of how little the difference in the information processing time may be, circumstances change in case the site grows bigger and there are plenty of users using it at the same time. Node.js can be used for booking sites, real-time browser video games or online chat applications, for example, and numerous companies, among them LinkedIn, Yahoo and eBay, have already included it in their services.

Node.js in Web Hosting

As Node.js is available on our advanced cloud platform, you’ll be able to add it to your shared hosting account and to use it for any web application that you have, irrespective of which web hosting plan you have picked during the subscription process. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which is offered with all shared accounts, will permit you to select the number of instances that you would like to activate – this is the number of the web applications that will use Node.js. Several minutes afterwards, you will be able to add the path to the app, in other words the location of the .js file in your shared web hosting account, as well as to pick the IP to acquire access to that file – a dedicated IP address or the server’s shared one. In the new Node.js section that will appear in the Control Panel, you will be able to reboot an instance or to shut it down if you don’t require it anymore. You’ll also obtain access to the output code with just one click of the mouse.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

You’ll be able to use Node.js for any real-time script-based web app running in a semi-dedicated server account, as the platform is offered with all our semi-dedicated plans and you can order it with only a couple of clicks. If you’d like to use it for several Internet sites, you can create more instances via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The activation is as easy as inserting the folder path to your .js file and selecting if the platform should use a dedicated IP or any of the physical server’s shared ones, so you can make full use of Node.js even if you don’t have any previous experience with such software. Our system will also designate a randomly generated port that will be used to access the .js file for the particular application. Hepsia has an easy to work with interface that will allow you to reboot and to shut down any of your existing instances, to add new ones or to view the output of your apps with just one single click.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js comes with all Hepsia Control Panel-equipped VPS servers that we offer and you can activate it without any obstacles, even if you have not worked with it before, since the Hepsia Control Panel has a simple-to-navigate, point & click interface, which will permit you to do anything without any effort. The Node.js platform can be used for as many script-powered web applications as you like, so you can make the most of your web sites by combining the power of our Virtual Private Servers with the performance provided by the Node.js platform. You will need to enter the path to the .js file in your account and to choose if it will use a dedicated IP address or your VPS’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 set up a new Node.js instance. The Hepsia Control Panel will give you full control over all Node.js instances and, with just one click, you’ll be able to start, to cancel or to reboot them, as well as to view the output of each app that uses the Node.js platform.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

You will be able to make use of Node.js with your real-time, script-powered apps at no extra fee if you buy any of our dedicated servers and pick the Hepsia hosting Control Panel during the order procedure. The Node.js instances can be administered from the Node.js section of the Hepsia CP through an easy-to-use GUI, which will permit you to start/discontinue/reboot any instance or to check the output of the application that uses it with just a click. Even if you’re not very tech-savvy, you’ll be able to use the Node.js platform, since all you’ll need to do to activate it is define the folder path to the .js file and pick the IP that will be used to access the latter – a dedicated or a shared one. A randomly generated port number will be assigned automatically as well and you will see the benefits of using Node.js right away. By combining the platform with the power of our dedicated servers, you will be able to use the full capacity of your apps and to get the best conceivable performance.