Node.js is an event-driven runtime environment built with the Google V8 JavaScript engine. It is used by scalable web apps that require real-time interaction between a server and the Internet users and can significantly enhance the overall performance of any site that’s using it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP requests and responses and ceaselessly provides small amounts of information. For instance, in case a new user fills out a signup form, as soon as any info is entered in one of the boxes, it’s delivered to the server even if the rest of the fields are not filled and the user hasn’t clicked on any button, so the info is processed a lot faster. In contrast, traditional platforms wait for the whole form to be filled and one massive hunk of information is then forwarded to the server. Irrespective of how tiny the difference in the processing speed may be, things change in case the website expands and there’re many persons using it at the same time. Node.js can be used for online reservation portals, real-time browser games or instant messaging programs, for example, and a lot of corporations, among them LinkedIn, Yahoo and eBay, have already included it in their services.
Node.js in Cloud Hosting
If you host a web application on our advanced cloud website hosting platform and you would like to try Node.js, you’ll be able to add it to your account regardless of the cloud hosting plan that you are using. You can make this through the Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to use Node.js in no more than several minutes after you add this service to your account. You can choose the number of instances that you want to add to your account – one instance means one app using Node.js. In the new section that will appear in the Control Panel, you can define the path to the .js file in your web hosting account and select if the file in question will be reachable via the server’s shared IP address or via a dedicated IP. Our system will also set a port number for the connection. You will be able to turn off or to reboot each instance separately, in case it is needed.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
All our Linux semi-dedicated service come with Node.js, so in case you want to host any real-time application on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform, you can make full use of the power that the system can offer you with only a couple of clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia Control Panel. This service is upgradeable, so if you wish to use Node.js for different websites, you’ll be able to choose the number of available instances, one instance being one app. Through the Hepsia Control Panel’s intuitive GUI, you will have to indicate the location of the .js file for every instance and to select if Node.js will use a dedicated IP or the physical server’s shared IP. Our platform will assign a random port number to access your application and you’ll find it in the corresponding section of the Control Panel. The Hepsia Control Panel will also enable you to see the output of each of your applications or to delete/reboot each instance independently.
Node.js in VPS Servers
All VPS web hosting service that are ordered with our tailor-made Hepsia Control Panel offer Node.js by default and you can take advantage of this event-driven platform for any web app that you host on the Virtual Private Server. As we haven’t set any restriction as to how many instances you can set up, you can make use of the power of our servers and mix it with the full capacity of Node.js. The configuration is done via the Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-navigate, point & click GUI, so even if you’re not technically proficient, you will not need to cope with any difficulties while working with the Node.js platform. You’ll simply need to indicate the directory path in the VPS account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to select whether it will use a shared or a dedicated IP. In addition, our system will also designate a port to access the file and you will be able to find it in the respective section in the Hepsia Control Panel. With only one click, you will be able to check your apps’ output and to deactivate or to reboot any instance running on the VPS.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
Node.js comes bundled with all dedicated service that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you will be able to use the platform as soon as your physical server is assembled. As the Hepsia Control Panel is rather simple to use, you will be able to make that without having any complications, even if you have not worked with Node.js before, as everything that you will need to do on your end is indicate the path to the .js file that will use the Node.js platform and the IP that will be used to access the file. The latter can be a dedicated one or can be shared with other websites. You can set up as many instances as you wish on our extremely powerful dedicated servers and each of them can be controlled separately – you’ll be able to start, to reboot or to delete it, to see the output of the app that uses it, etc. You can do this through the easy-to-use, point ‘n’ click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can use the power of the Node.js platform without efforts.