Node.js is an open-source, event-driven environment, which uses Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It is used for scalable apps that need real-time communication between a server and the online users and can considerably enhance the performance of any Internet site that’s using it. Node.js is intended to process HTTP web requests and responses and ceaselessly supplies small amounts of info. For instance, if a new user fills out a registration form, the second any info is inserted in any of the boxes, it’s forwarded to the server even if the rest of the fields are not filled out and the user has not clicked any button, so the information is handled a lot faster. In comparison, traditional systems wait for the entire form to be filled out and one big chunk of information is then submitted to the server. Irrespective of how small the difference in the information processing time may be, circumstances change if the website expands and there’re a lot of users using it at the same time. Node.js can be used for online reservation portals, real-time web browser video games or online chat software, for instance, and lots of companies, including LinkedIn, Yahoo and eBay, have already incorporated it into their services.

Node.js in Cloud Website Hosting

As Node.js is available on our advanced cloud web hosting platform, you’ll be able to add it to your shared hosting account and to utilize it for any web application that you’ve got, regardless of which cloud website hosting plan you have chosen during the registration process. The Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes bundled with all hosting accounts, will allow you to pick the number of instances that you’d like to add – this is the number of the web applications that will use Node.js. A few minutes afterwards, you can insert the path to the app, in other words the location of the .js file in your 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 one. In the new Node.js section that will show up in the Control Panel, you’ll be able to restart an instance or to stop it if you do not want it anymore. You will also be granted access to the output code with just a single mouse click.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you purchase a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you will be able to make use of the full capacity of Node.js with any web application that you host on our cloud platform, since it’s included with each and every semi-dedicated server package that we offer. You can indicate the number of instances, or applications that can use Node.js, via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel with which you can control your semi-dedicated account. The only things that you will need to do after that will be to specify the path within the account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to select the IP that will be used in order to access that file. You can choose a dedicated IP in case you have one, or any of the physical server’s shared IPs. Our platform will also set a randomly generated port number. With the Node.js controls inside the Hepsia Control Panel, you can check the output of a given app or to start/reboot/stop any of the instances that you have activated.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

You will be able to make use of Node.js with your real-time, script-based web applications at no additional fee if you purchase any of our dedicated web hosting plans and select the Hepsia hosting Control Panel during the order procedure. The Node.js instances can be administered from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Node.js section through a user-friendly interface, which will enable you to start/terminate/reboot any Node.js instance or to see the output of the application that uses it with just a click. Even if you aren’t very experienced, you’ll be able to make use of the Node.js platform, as all you’ll have to do to activate it is specify the path to the .js file and pick the IP that will be used to access the latter – a shared or a dedicated IP. A random port number will be assigned automatically as well and you’ll notice the upsides of using Node.js immediately. By mixing the Node.js platform with the power of our dedicated servers, you’ll be able to make use of the full capacity of your applications and to enjoy the best conceivable performance.