Node.js is an advanced event-driven system, which is used to create scalable Internet apps. It uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine and it processes HTTP requests and responses between a web server and a huge number of users more effectively than any conventional system. What makes Node.js unique is the fact that in contrast to traditional systems that handle the info in giant chunks, it processes everything in small bits. For example, in case a user needs to fill out several fields on an Internet site, Node.js processes the info from the first field as soon as it is entered, utilizing the server’s processing power more effectively. In contrast, traditional platforms wait for all the fields to be filled out and while the info from them is being processed, requests from other users stay in the queue. The difference may be insignificant for a single user, but it undoubtedly does make a difference when a large number of individuals are browsing a website at the very same time. Several examples of Internet sites where Node.js can be used are dining reservation portals, web-based chat rooms or interactive browser game portals, i.e. websites that offer fast live interaction.

Node.js in Cloud Hosting

As Node.js is available on our advanced cloud platform, you’ll be able to add it to your shared account and to utilize it for any web-based application that you’ve got, regardless of which cloud hosting package you have picked upon registration. The Upgrades section in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes bundled with all web hosting accounts, will allow you to choose the number of instances that you want to run – this is the number of the web applications that will use Node.js. A couple of minutes afterwards, you can include the path to the app, i.e. the location of the .js file in your shared website hosting account, as well as to choose the IP address to receive access to the file – a dedicated IP address or the physical server’s shared IP. In the new Node.js section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can restart an instance or to cancel it in case you do not want it any longer. You’ll also get access to the output code with just a single click of the mouse.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server from us, you can make use of all the benefits that the Node.js event-driven platform offers, as it’s available with all our semi-dedicated server plans and you are able to add it to your account with several mouse clicks from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the account administration tool that is included with each semi-dedicated server. If you wish to use Node.js for different Internet applications, you can pick the number of instances that the platform will use when you are adding this service to your semi-dedicated plan. After that, you will have to indicate the path to the .js file in your account for each instance. This can be done in the new menu that will appear in the Hepsia Control Panel after you add the upgrade and in the meantime, you can also choose if the path to the specific app will go through a dedicated IP address – if you have one, or through the physical server’s shared IP address. Each and every instance that you add can be restarted or cancelled independently and you can see your applications’ output with only a few mouse clicks.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js is available as standard with each VPS server that comes with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and imposes no constraints regarding the number of Internet sites that can use it at any given moment. This makes our VPS plans an optimal option for hosting multiple real-time script-driven web applications and for getting the most out of each of them. Hepsia is user-friendly enough even for persons without any prior experience, so if you’d like to activate Node.js for any app, it will not take more than several mouse clicks to make this. You will just need to enter the path to the specific .js file and to choose whether Node.js will use the physical server’s shared IP address or a dedicated IP. Our system will also choose a specific port that will be used to access the .js file. After that, you will be all set and ready to use the full potential of your real-time apps. The Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to check the applications’ output and to reboot or to delete any of your instances using quick-access controls.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js is offered with all Linux dedicated servers on which our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed. The latter has a very intuitive and user-friendly GUI, so even if you’ve never worked with the Node.js platform before, you’ll be able to uncover its full potential in just a couple of easy steps. Once you’ve uploaded the app’s content, you will have to specify the path to the specific .js files that will use Node.js and to pick the IP that they will use (dedicated or shared), while our system will allocate a random port that will be used to access the files in question. There isn’t any restriction on the total number of Node.js instances that you can activate and use at the same time and you’ll exert complete control over them via the Hepsia Control Panel – you will be able to create new ones or to remove/restart existing ones, to see the output log for each application, and so on.