Node.js is an advanced event-driven system, which is used to develop scalable applications. It is built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine and it processes HTTP requests and responses between a web server and an enormous number of users more efficiently than any other platform. What makes Node.js exceptional is the fact that in difference between traditional systems that handle the information in giant chunks, it handles everything in little bits. For example, if a user has to fill in a few fields on a site, Node.js processes the info from the first field as soon as it is typed, utilizing the server’s processing resources more efficiently. In comparison, 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 one single person, but it certainly does make a difference if an enormous number of users are navigating a site at the same time. A couple of instances of sites where Node.js can be applied are online dinner booking portals, online chat rooms or interactive browser game portals, in other words sites that need quick real-time communication.

Node.js in Shared Website Hosting

When you host a web app on our innovative cloud platform and you’d like to try Node.js, you’ll be able to add it to your web hosting account regardless of the shared website hosting plan that you use. You can make this from the Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to take advantage of Node.js in no more than a few minutes after you add this service to the account. You can choose the number of instances that you wish to add to the account – one instance means that one app will be using Node.js. In the new section that will appear in the Control Panel, you can include the path to the .js file in your hosting account and choose if that file will be reachable through the shared IP of the physical server or via a dedicated IP. Our platform will also specify a port for the connection. You’ll be able to stop or to restart each instance independently, if needed.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you buy a semi-dedicated server package through us, you will be able to use the full potential of Node.js with any Internet app that you host on our cloud web hosting platform, because it’s available with each and every semi-dedicated hosting package that we are offering. You can indicate the number of instances, or apps that can use Node.js, through the Hepsia Control Panel with which you can control your semi-dedicated account. The only things that you’ll need do after that will be to indicate the path to the .js file that will use Node.js within the account and to choose the IP address that will be used to access this file. You can choose a dedicated IP address if you’ve got one, or any of the physical server’s shared IP addresses. Our platform will also choose a randomly generated port. When you have the Node.js controls inside Hepsia, you are able to check the output of a given app or to start/restart/deactivate any of the instances that you have activated.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js is included as standard with each and every VPS server that comes with the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and involves no limitations as to the number of sites that can use it at any particular moment. This makes our Virtual Private Server plans a perfect choice for building different real-time apps and for getting the most out of them. The Hepsia Control Panel is intuitive enough even for users with no previous experience, so if you want to enable Node.js for any app, it will not take more than several clicks of the mouse to do it. You’ll simply have to insert the path to the given .js file and to select if Node.js will use the physical server’s shared IP or a dedicated one. Our system will also allocate a certain port that will be used to access the .js file. After that, you’ll be all set and ready to use the full potential of your real-time apps. Hepsia will permit you to check the output of the applications and to reboot or to deactivate any of your instances using fast-access controls.