Node.js is a cutting-edge event-driven system, which is used to develop scalable web applications. It is built with the Google V8 JavaScript engine and it handles HTTP requests and responses between a web server and a huge number of Internet users much more effectively than any conventional platform. What makes Node.js unique is the fact that in difference between traditional platforms which process the information in large chunks, it processes everything in small bits. For example, if a user has to fill several fields on a site, Node.js processes the info in the first field once it’s inserted, utilizing the server’s processing power more efficiently. In comparison, conventional platforms wait for all the fields to be filled out and while the information in them is being processed, requests from other users stay in the queue. The difference may be insignificant for one single person, but it really does make a difference if a large number of individuals are browsing a site at the same time. A couple of instances of websites where Node.js can be employed are dining reservation portals, chat rooms or interactive browser video game portals, i.e. sites that need quick live interaction.

Node.js in Shared Web Hosting

When you host a web application on our avant-garde cloud website hosting platform and you’d like to try out Node.js, you will be able to add it to your account regardless of the shared web hosting plan that you are using. You can make this through the Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to take advantage of Node.js in no more than several minutes after you add this feature to your account. You can select the number of instances that you wish to add to your account – one instance means that one app will be using Node.js. In the new section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can write the path to the .js file in your web hosting account and select whether that file will be accessible via the shared IP of the server or via a dedicated IP. Our platform will also assign a port number for the connection. You will be able to switch off or to reboot each instance separately, in case it is required.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server from our company, you can make use of all the benefits that the Node.js event-driven platform offers, as it is comes with all our semi-dedicated server packages and you’re able to add it to your account with several mouse clicks from the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel – the account administration tool that is included with every semi-dedicated server. If you’d like to employ Node.js for different Internet applications, you can choose the number of instances which the platform will use when you are adding this feature to your semi-dedicated plan. Then, you will need to include the path to the .js file in your semi-dedicated account for each instance. This can be done in the new section that will appear in the Control Panel after you add the upgrade and during the process, you can also choose if the access path to the given app should go through a dedicated IP address – if you have one, or through the server’s shared IP address. Each instance that you activate can be rebooted or discontinued independently and you can see your apps’ output with only several clicks of the mouse.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js comes bundled with all Hepsia hosting Control Panel-managed VPS web hosting plans that we’re offering and you can configure it without any predicaments, even if you haven’t used it before, since the Hepsia Control Panel offers a simple-to-use, point & click GUI, which will allow you to do anything effortlessly. The Node.js platform can be used for as many script-driven software apps as you want, so you can make the most of your web sites by mixing the power of our virtual machines with the performance provided by Node.js. You have to define the path to the .js file in your VPS account and to choose whether it will use a dedicated IP address or your virtual server’s shared IP and you’ll be all set. Accessing the file will be possible using a port that our system will generate randomly when you set up a new Node.js instance. Hepsia will grant you full control over all Node.js instances and, with only a click, you’ll be able to start, to remove or to reboot them, as well as to check the output of each app that uses the Node.js platform.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js comes bundled with all dedicated web hosting plans that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you will be able to use the event-driven platform once your physical machine is set up. Since the Hepsia Control Panel is amazingly easy to use, you will be able to do that without the need to deal with any predicaments, even if you’ve never used the Node.js platform before, since everything that you will have to do on your end is specify the location of the .js file that will use Node.js and the IP that will be used to access the file. The latter can be a dedicated IP or can be shared with other Internet sites. You can manage as many instances as you wish on our astonishingly powerful servers and each of them can be controlled independently – you’ll be able to start, to restart or to terminate it, to see the output of the application using it, etc. This can be done through the intuitive, point ‘n’ click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can make use of the power of the Node.js platform without effort.