Node.js is an avant-garde event-driven platform, which is used to build scalable web apps. It’s built with the Google V8 JavaScript engine and it handles HTTP requests and responses between a web server and an enormous number of Internet users more efficiently than any traditional system. What makes Node.js unique is the fact that unlike conventional platforms which process the info in sizeable hunks, it handles everything in little bits. As an illustration, when a user needs to fill in a few fields on a website, Node.js processes the information from the first field as soon as it’s typed, utilizing the server’s processing resources more efficiently. In comparison, traditional platforms wait for all the fields to be filled and while the information from them is being processed, requests from other users stay in the queue. The difference may be insignificant for one single person, but it absolutely does make a difference if a huge number of users are navigating a site all at once. A few instances of websites where Node.js can be applied are online dinner booking portals, chat rooms or interactive browser video game portals, i.e. sites that support quick real-time interaction.

Node.js in Shared Website Hosting

Since Node.js is present on our advanced cloud platform, you’ll be able to add it to your shared web hosting account and to use it for any web application that you have, regardless of which shared website hosting plan you’ve chosen upon signup. The Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with all web hosting accounts, will permit you to choose the number of instances that you wish to get – this is the number of the web apps that will use Node.js. A couple of minutes after that, you’ll be able to include the path to the application, in other words the location of the .js file in your shared hosting account, as well as to choose the IP to gain access to the file – a dedicated IP 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 discontinue it in case you do not need it anymore. You’ll also be granted access to the output code with just a click of the mouse.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

All our semi-dedicated servers come with Node.js, so if you would like to host any real-time app on our innovative cloud platform, you can take advantage of the power that Node.js can give you with just a couple of mouse clicks in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The feature is upgradeable, so in case you’d like to use Node.js for different websites, you will be able to pick the number of running instances, one instance being one application. Using Hepsia’s easy-to-use graphical interface, you’ll have to insert the location of the .js file for each instance and to select if Node.js will use a dedicated IP address or the physical server’s shared IP. Our cloud platform will specify a random port to access your application and you’ll find it in the corresponding Control Panel section. Hepsia will also allow you to view the output of any of your applications or to discontinue/restart each instance independently.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js is offered as standard with each and every VPS server that is ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and imposes no limitations with regard to the number of sites that can use it at any given time. This makes our Virtual Private Server packages an excellent choice for administering different real-time web apps and for making the most of each of them. Hepsia is user-friendly enough even for users without any previous experience, so if you want to enable Node.js for any app, it won’t take more than a few clicks to make this. You’ll only need to add the path to the given .js file and to choose whether Node.js will use the physical server’s shared IP or a dedicated one. Our platform will also select a specific port that will be used to access the .js file. After that, you’ll be all set and ready to make use of the full potential of your real-time applications. The Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to see the apps’ output and to restart or to stop any of your instances using quick-access controls.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

You’ll be able to make use of Node.js with your real-time, script-driven web applications at no additional cost when you obtain one of our dedicated servers and choose the Hepsia hosting Control Panel on the order page. The Node.js instances can be managed from the Node.js section of the Hepsia Control Panel via an easy-to-navigate graphical interface, which will enable you to start/remove/restart any Node.js instance or to view the output of the application that uses it with just one click. Even if you’re not very experienced, you will be able to make use of the platform, since all you will need to do to set it up is define the path to the .js file and choose the IP address that will be used to access the latter – a shared or a dedicated one. A random port number will be selected automatically too and you will notice the upsides of running Node.js instantly. By combining the Node.js platform with the power of our dedicated servers, you’ll be able to make use of the full potential of your applications and to get the best possible performance.