Node.js is an open-source, event-driven platform, which uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine. It is used for scalable applications that need live interaction between a web server and the worldwide web users and can significantly accelerate the overall performance of any Internet site that uses it. Node.js is intended to process HTTP web requests and responses and constantly supplies little bits of info. For instance, in case a new user fills in a subscription form, the second any information is entered in one of the fields, it is sent to the server even if the rest of the boxes are not filled out and the user has not clicked any button, so the information is processed much faster. In contrast, traditional platforms wait for the entire form to be filled out and one huge chunk of information is then forwarded to the server. Regardless of how tiny the difference in the information processing time may be, circumstances change if the site grows bigger and there’re plenty of persons using it at the same time. Node.js can be used by booking websites, interactive browser video games or live chat programs, for example, and plenty of corporations, among them LinkedIn, eBay and Yahoo, have already implemented it in their services.

Node.js in Web Hosting

Since Node.js is present on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform, you’ll be able to add it to your shared account and to utilize it for any web application that you have, irrespective of which web hosting plan you’ve picked upon registration. The Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is offered with all web hosting accounts, will allow you to select the number of instances that you want to use – this is the number of the web apps that will use Node.js. Several minutes afterwards, you’ll be able to add the path to the app, i.e. where the .js file will be located in your shared account, as well as to select the IP address to gain access to the file – a dedicated IP address or the server’s shared one. In the new Node.js section that will appear in the Hepsia Control Panel, you’ll be able to reboot an instance or to stop it in case you do not want it anymore. You’ll also have access to the output code with only a click.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server from us, you can use all the advantages that the Node.js platform offers, as it is is included with all our packages and you are able to add it to your account with several clicks of the mouse from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the account management tool that is included with each semi-dedicated server. If you would like to employ Node.js for multiple web-based apps, you can select the number of instances which the platform will use when you’re adding this service to your semi-dedicated plan. After that, you’ll have to add the location of the .js file in your semi-dedicated account for each instance. This can be done in the new section that will appear in the Control Panel after you add the upgrade and in the meantime, you can also select if the path to the specific application should go through a dedicated IP – in case you have one, or through the server’s shared IP. Each and every instance that you run can be rebooted or stopped separately and you can see your applications’ output with only a few mouse clicks.

Node.js in VPS Servers

All VPS servers that are ordered with our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel include Node.js as standard and you can take full advantage of the platform for any web application that you host on the VPS. As we haven’t imposed any limit on the number of instances that you can add, you can use the power of our VPSs and combine it with the full potential of the Node.js platform. The setup is done through the Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-navigate, point-and-click interface, so even if you aren’t tech-savvy, you won’t experience any obstacles while working with the platform. You will only have to specify the folder path in the VPS account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to choose whether it will use a shared or a dedicated IP. In addition, our system will also set a port number to access this file and you will be able to see it in the corresponding section in the Hepsia Control Panel. With only one click of the mouse, you’ll be able to check your applications’ output and to terminate or to reboot any instance running on the VPS server.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js comes with all Linux dedicated web hosting plans that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you’ll be able to make use of the platform as soon as your physical server is set up. Since the Hepsia Control Panel is pretty easy to use, you’ll be able to do that without coming across any complications, even if you’ve never used Node.js before, as everything that you will have to do on your end is insert the folder path to the .js file that will use Node.js and the IP that will be used to access the file. The latter can be a dedicated IP or can be shared with other sites. You can run as many Node.js instances as you wish on our amazingly powerful dedicated servers and each instance can be controlled independently – you’ll be able to start, to restart or to discontinue it, to view the output of the application using it, etc. You can do this via the simple-to-use, point & click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can take advantage of the power of the Node.js platform effortlessly.