Node.js is an open-source, event-driven platform, which uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine. It’s used by scalable web apps that require live communication between a web server and the online users and can significantly enhance the performance of any website that uses it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP web requests and responses and incessantly supplies small amounts of information. For instance, in case a new user fills in a signup form, once any info is entered in one of the fields, it’s submitted to the server even if the rest of the fields are not filled out and the user has not clicked on any button, so the information is handled much faster. In comparison, conventional platforms wait for the whole form to be filled out and one huge chunk of information is then sent to the server. Regardless of how little the difference in the processing speed may be, circumstances change when the site grows bigger and there’re numerous people using it at the same time. Node.js can be used for online reservation portals, real-time web browser-based games or web-based chat platforms, for example, and many companies, including eBay, LinkedIn and Yahoo, have already included it in their services.
Node.js in Cloud Web Hosting
Since Node.js is present on our advanced cloud hosting platform, you will be able to add it to your shared hosting account and to use it for any web-based application that you’ve got, regardless of which cloud web hosting plan you’ve picked during the subscription process. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes bundled with all shared hosting accounts, will allow you to pick the number of instances that you’d like to run – this is the number of the web applications that will use Node.js. Several minutes later, you’ll be able to add the path to the app, i.e. where the .js file will be located in your shared web hosting account, as well as to pick the IP to access the file – a dedicated IP address or the physical server’s shared one. In the new Node.js menu that will show up in the Hepsia Control Panel, you can restart an instance or to stop it if you don’t want it any longer. You’ll also be given access to the output code with only one mouse click.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
All our semi-dedicated plans include Node.js, so if you would like to run any real-time application on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform, you’ll be able to take full advantage of the power that the system can offer you with just several clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. The feature is upgradeable, so in case you wish to use Node.js for different websites, you’ll be able to select the amount of available instances, one instance being one app. Through Hepsia’s user-friendly interface, you will have to insert the path to the .js file for every instance and to select if Node.js will use a dedicated IP or the server’s shared one. Our cloud platform will choose a randomly generated port to access your app and you will see it in the corresponding Control Panel section. The Hepsia Control Panel will also enable you to view the output of each of your apps or to shut down/restart each instance separately.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
You will be able to use Node.js with your real-time, script-powered software applications at no extra fee when you obtain any of our dedicated web hosting plans and choose the Hepsia hosting Control Panel during the order procedure. The Node.js instances can be administered from the Node.js section of the Hepsia CP via a simple-to-navigate GUI, which will permit you to start/stop/restart any instance or to check the output of the app which uses it with only a click. Even if you are not very experienced, you will be able to make use of the platform, as all you will need to do to set it up is enter the path to the .js file and pick the IP that will be used to access the latter – a dedicated or a shared IP. A random port number will be allocated automatically as well and you will see the advantages of running Node.js right away. By mixing the platform with the power of our dedicated servers, you will be able to make use of the full potential of your apps and to get the best conceivable performance.