Node.js is an advanced, open-source, event-driven, I/O platform intended for sites which offer live communication. Several examples of such websites would be online browser video game portals, live chat rooms or accommodation booking portals. The platform handles the information transmitted between the website and its visitors in tiny bits, which boosts the loading speed and the overall performance of the website tremendously. When some form with 3 boxes has to be filled out by a particular user, for instance, usually all three boxes should be filled out and the whole content is then forwarded as one huge chunk of information to the server. With Node.js, the content in the first box is processed the second it is entered, before the user types anything in the second one. Thus, a lot more information can be processed a lot faster and more effectively as opposed to any conventional platform, which can have a considerable effect on the overall performance of the site. Node.js is already being used by some of the leading IT corporations like Yahoo and Microsoft.

Node.js in Hosting

If you host an Internet application on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform and you would like to try Node.js, you’ll be able to add it to your web hosting account irrespective of the hosting package that you’re using. This can be done through the Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to use Node.js in no more than a few minutes after you add this feature to the account. You will be able to choose the number of instances that you want to add to your account – one instance means that one application will be using Node.js. In the new section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can type the path to the .js file in your hosting account and select whether the file in question will be reachable through the server’s shared IP address or via a dedicated IP. Our system will also designate a port number for the connection. You’ll be able to turn off or to restart each instance independently, if it is required.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

You’ll be able to use Node.js for any real-time script-powered app hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, since the Node.js platform comes bundled with all our semi-dedicated hosting packages and you can add it with just a few mouse clicks. If you wish to use it for multiple web sites, you can enable more instances from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The setup is as simple as inserting the folder path to your .js file and selecting whether the platform should use a dedicated IP or any of the physical server’s shared IPs, so you can take advantage of Node.js even if you do not have any previous experience with such a software platform. Our system will also choose a random port which will be used to access the .js file associated with the particular app. Hepsia has an easy-to-use interface that will allow you to restart and to shut down any of your running instances, to order new ones or to view your apps’ output with just one single click.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js comes bundled with all Hepsia Control Panel-equipped Linux VPS servers that we’re offering and you can activate it without having to cope with any difficulty, even if you’ve never used it beforehand, because Hepsia offers an intuitive, point-and-click GUI, which will permit you to do anything with no effort. The platform can be used for as many web-based apps as you want, so you can make the most of your sites by mixing the power of our servers with the performance provided by Node.js. You need to specify the location of the .js file in your VPS account and to select if it will use a dedicated IP address or your virtual machine’s shared one and you’ll be all set. The file can be accessed using a port that our system will set randomly when you add a new Node.js instance. The Hepsia Control Panel will grant you complete control over all Node.js instances and, with just one mouse click, you will be able to start, to cancel or to restart them, as well as to view the output of each app that uses the platform.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js comes with all Linux dedicated servers on which our custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed. The latter offers an incredibly intuitive and easy-to-use interface, so even if you’ve never used the Node.js platform before, you will be able to unveil its true potential in just a couple of simple steps. Once you’ve uploaded the app’s content, you will have to insert the directory path to the given .js files that will use the Node.js platform and to choose the IP that they will use (shared or dedicated), while our system will designate a randomly generated port that will be used to access these files. There isn’t any limitation on the total number of Node.js instances that you can enable and use at the same time and you will have full control over them through the Hepsia Control Panel – you will be able to create new ones or to terminate/reboot existing ones, to review the output log for each app, and so on.