Node.js is an event-driven environment, which uses Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It’s used for scalable web apps that require real-time communication between a web server and the worldwide web users and can tremendously accelerate the overall performance of any website that’s using it. Node.js is designed to handle HTTP requests and responses and constantly delivers tiny bits of information. For example, if a new user fills out a subscription form, the moment any info is inserted in any of the fields, it is delivered to the server even if the remaining fields are not filled out and the user hasn’t clicked any button, so the info is handled much faster. In contrast, other systems wait for the whole form to be filled and one big hunk of information is then submitted to the server. No matter how small the difference in the processing time may be, circumstances change when the site grows bigger and there’re a lot of people using it simultaneously. Node.js can be used for booking portals, real-time web browser games or online chat portals, for example, and many companies, among them LinkedIn, eBay and Yahoo, have already integrated it into their services.
Node.js in Shared Web Hosting
When you host an Internet app on our innovative cloud website hosting platform and you want to try Node.js, you will be able to add it to your account regardless of the shared web hosting plan that you are using. This can be done through the Upgrades section 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’ll be able to choose how many instances you would like to add to the account – one instance means one application using Node.js. In the new section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can include the path to the .js file in your hosting account and choose if the file in question will be reachable through the shared IP address of the server or through a dedicated one. Our system will also specify a port for the connection. You will be able to stop or to restart each instance independently, if it’s required.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Hosting
With a semi-dedicated server from our company, you can use all the advantages that the Node.js platform offers, since it is is included with all our semi-dedicated packages and you’re able to add it to your semi-dedicated account with several mouse clicks from the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel – the semi-dedicated server administration tool that’s included with every semi-dedicated server. If you wish to use Node.js for different Internet applications, you can pick the amount of instances which the platform will use when you are adding this feature to your semi-dedicated plan. Then, you’ll have to add the path to the .js file in your semi-dedicated account for each instance. You can do this in the new section that will show up in the Control Panel after you order the upgrade and during the process, you can also select if the path to the specific app will go through a dedicated IP – in case you’ve got one, or through the server’s shared IP. Each instance that you activate can be restarted or discontinued separately and you can view the output of your applications with just a couple of clicks of the mouse.
Node.js in VPS Web Hosting
Node.js is available as standard with each and every virtual private server that is ordered with the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and involves no restrictions concerning the number of web sites that can use it at any given moment. This makes our Virtual Private Server plans an excellent choice for running different real-time script-powered applications and for taking full advantage of them. The Hepsia Control Panel is intuitive enough even for persons with no previous experience, so if you would like to activate Node.js for any app, it won’t take more than several clicks to do it. You’ll only have to add the path to the given .js file and to select whether Node.js will use the physical server’s shared IP address or a dedicated IP. Our system will also select a particular port number that will be used to access the .js file. After that, you will be all set and will be able to use the full potential of your real-time apps. The Hepsia Control Panel will permit you to view the output of the applications and to reboot or to stop any of your instances using quick-access buttons.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers Hosting
Node.js is available with all Linux dedicated servers hosting packages that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, so you’ll be able to make the most of the platform once your physical machine is set up. As Hepsia is pretty easy to work with, you will be able to make that without any difficulty, even if you have not used Node.js before, as everything that you’ll have to do on your end is indicate the directory path to the .js file that will use the Node.js platform and the IP that will be used to access this file. The latter can be a dedicated one or can be shared with other Internet sites. You can activate as many instances as you need on our powerful dedicated machines and each instance can be managed independently – you’ll be able to start, to reboot or to discontinue it, to check the output of the app that uses it, etc. This can be done via the easy-to-work-with, point & click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can make use of the power of the Node.js platform with ease.