Node.js is an open-source, event-driven platform built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It’s used for scalable applications that require live communication between a server and the Internet users and can substantially speed up the overall performance of any Internet site that uses it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP requests and responses and incessantly supplies little amounts of info. For example, if a new user fills in a signup form, once any information is inserted in any of the fields, it is 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 handled a lot faster. In comparison, traditional systems wait for the whole form to be filled and one large chunk of information is then delivered to the server. Irrespective of how tiny the difference in the information processing time may be, things change in case the website grows bigger and there’re lots of people using it at the same time. Node.js can be used by online booking portals, interactive browser-based video games or live chat portals, for example, and lots of corporations, including Yahoo, LinkedIn and eBay, have already implemented it in their services.

Node.js in Shared Website Hosting

You’ll be able to make use of Node.js with each shared website hosting plan that we offer, since the platform is available on our cloud hosting servers and can be added to an active web hosting account with a couple of clicks of the mouse. When you log in to your Hepsia Control Panel, you will see Node.js in the Upgrades section where you can select how many instances you would like to run. One instance means that one app will use Node.js and you’ll be able to add as many instances to your hosting account as you want. A new section will show up in the Hepsia Control Panel shortly after that and to start using Node.js, you’ll need to define the path to the .js file that will use it and to select if the connection will go through the physical server’s shared IP or through a dedicated IP. The controls inside the Hepsia Control Panel will also allow you to restart or to shut down an instance and to see any given app’s output.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

All our Linux semi-dedicated hosting plans include Node.js, so in case you wish to run any real-time application on our advanced cloud hosting platform, you will be able to take advantage of the power that Node.js can offer you with only a few clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia Control Panel. The service is upgradeable, so if you’d like to use Node.js for multiple websites, you will be able to pick the amount of active instances, one instance being one application. Using Hepsia’s easy-to-navigate interface, you’ll have to insert the path to the .js file for each instance and to choose whether Node.js will use a dedicated IP or the physical server’s shared IP. Our cloud platform will set a randomly generated port number to access your app and you’ll see it in the corresponding section of the Control Panel. The Hepsia Control Panel will also permit you to view the output of any of your apps or to terminate/restart each instance separately.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js comes bundled with all Hepsia Control Panel-managed Linux VPS servers that we offer and you can configure it without having any problem, even if you have not used it before, because the Hepsia Control Panel offers an intuitive, point ‘n’ click graphical interface, which will permit you to do anything without any efforts. The platform can be used for as many script-powered web applications as you want, so you can make the most of your web sites by mixing the power of our servers with the performance provided by Node.js. You’ll have to indicate the directory path to the .js file in your account and to choose if it will use a dedicated IP or your virtual server’s shared one and you’ll be all set. Accessing the file will be possible using a port number that our system will generate randomly when you activate a new Node.js instance. Hepsia will grant you complete control over all Node.js instances and, with only one click, you’ll be able to start, to cancel or to restart them, as well as to see the output of each app that uses the platform.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js comes with all Linux dedicated servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, so you’ll be able to use this platform once your machine is assembled. As the Hepsia Control Panel is quite simple to work with, you will be able to do that without coming across any obstacles, even if you have never worked with Node.js before, since everything that you’ll need to do on your end is enter the path to the .js file that will use the Node.js platform and the IP that will be used to access this file. The latter can be a dedicated IP or can be shared with other sites. You can manage as many instances as you wish on our unbelievably powerful dedicated machines and each instance can be controlled separately – you will be able to start, to reboot or to terminate it, to view the output of the application using it, etc. You can do this via the easy-to-use, point & click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can use the power of the Node.js platform without any effort.