Node.js is an open-source, event-driven runtime environment, which uses Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It is used for scalable web applications that require live communication between a web server and the worldwide web users and can tremendously accelerate the performance of any website that uses it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP web requests and responses and ceaselessly provides little amounts of information. For instance, if a new user fills out a registration form, the moment any information is entered in any of the fields, it’s submitted to the server even if the rest of the boxes are not filled out and the user has not clicked on any button, so the info is processed much faster. In contrast, conventional systems wait for the entire form to be filled and one massive chunk of information is then delivered to the server. Irrespective of how little the difference in the information processing speed may be, circumstances change when the Internet site grows bigger and there are many users using it at the same time. Node.js can be used by online reservation portals, real-time browser games or instant messaging clients, for example, and numerous companies, among them LinkedIn, eBay and Yahoo, have already incorporated it into their services.
Node.js in Shared Hosting
If you host an Internet application on our advanced cloud hosting platform and you’d like to try Node.js, you’ll be able to add it to your hosting account irrespective of the shared hosting package that you’re using. This can be done via the Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to take advantage of Node.js in no more than several minutes after you add this upgrade to your account. You will be able to select 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 add the path to the .js file in your hosting account and choose whether that file will be reachable through the shared IP of the server or through a dedicated one. Our system will also select a port number for the connection. You’ll be able to cancel or to reboot each instance separately, if it is necessary.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
All our semi-dedicated servers include Node.js, so in case you want to run any real-time app on our innovative cloud hosting platform, you can make use of the power that Node.js can offer you with only a few mouse clicks in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. This feature is upgradeable, so if you want to use Node.js for multiple websites, you’ll be able to choose the number of available instances, one instance being one app. Through Hepsia’s intuitive GUI, you will have to enter the path to the .js file for every instance and to choose whether Node.js will use a dedicated IP address or the physical server’s shared IP. Our cloud platform will select a randomly generated port number to access your application and you’ll see it in the corresponding Control Panel section. The Hepsia Control Panel will also enable you to see the output of each of your apps or to discontinue/restart each instance independently.
Node.js in VPS Servers
You can use Node.js with each of the Linux VPS plans that we offer if you select Hepsia as your hosting Control Panel. The platform will have its own section where you can set it up with a couple of mouse clicks even if you have no experience with such a software platform, as Hepsia is very intuitive and easy to use. All it takes to start a new Node.js instance is to add the directory path to the .js file that will use the platform and to choose the IP address that will be used to access it – a dedicated one or your Virtual Private Server’s shared IP address. A randomly generated access port number will be designated automatically too. There won’t be any restrictions as to how many sites can use Node.js simultaneously, so you can use our virtual servers for multiple sites and enjoy a fantastic overall performance. Quick-access menus in the Hepsia Control Panel’s Node.js section will allow you to start, to terminate or to reboot any Node.js instance separately and to check their output.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
You will be able to make use of Node.js with your real-time, script-driven software applications at no additional fee when you obtain one of our dedicated servers and pick the Hepsia hosting Control Panel on the order page. The Node.js instances can be administered from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Node.js section via an easy-to-navigate GUI, which will permit you to start/deactivate/restart any Node.js instance or to view the output of the app which uses it with only one click. Even if you aren’t very experienced, you’ll be able to make use of the platform, since all you’ll need to do to set it up is define the folder path to the .js file and choose the IP that will be used to access the latter – a shared or a dedicated IP. A randomly generated port will be selected automatically too and you will see the upsides of using Node.js straight away. By combining the Node.js platform with the power of our dedicated servers, you’ll be able to make the most of the full potential of your apps and to enjoy the best conceivable performance.