Node.js is an event-driven runtime system built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It is used by scalable web applications that need real-time communication between a server and the Internet users and can considerably improve the overall performance of any Internet site that uses it. Node.js is intended to handle HTTP requests and responses and incessantly delivers small amounts of info. For example, if a new user fills in a subscription form, the second any information is inserted in one of the boxes, it is forwarded to the server even if the other boxes are not filled out and the user has not clicked on any button, so the information is processed much faster. In contrast, conventional platforms wait for the entire form to be filled out and one massive hunk of information is then sent to the server. No matter how tiny the difference in the processing speed may be, things change when the website grows bigger and there are lots of users using it simultaneously. Node.js can be used for online booking portals, interactive browser-based games or online chat clients, for example, and plenty of companies, among them LinkedIn, eBay and Yahoo, have already integrated it into their services.
Node.js in Web Hosting
You’ll be able to take advantage of Node.js with every web hosting package that we are offering, since the platform is available on our cloud hosting servers and can be added to an existing shared account with a couple of clicks of the mouse. After you log in to your Hepsia Control Panel, you’ll find Node.js under the Upgrades menu where you can choose the number of instances that you wish to get. One instance means that one single application will use the platform and you’ll be able to add as many instances to your website hosting account as you want. A new section will appear in the Hepsia Control Panel shortly afterwards and to start using Node.js, you’ll need to insert the path to the .js file that will use the platform and to choose whether the connection should proceed through the physical server’s shared IP address or via a dedicated IP. The controls inside Hepsia will also enable you to reboot or to switch off an instance and to check any given application’s output.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you get a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you will be able to make use of the full capacity of Node.js with any Internet app that you host on our cloud website hosting platform, because it’s available with each semi-dedicated server plan that we offer. You can specify the number of instances, or apps which can use Node.js, through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel with which you can control your account. The only things that you will have to do after that will be to include the path to the .js file that will use Node.js within the account and to pick the IP address that will be used in order to access this file. You can select a dedicated IP address if you’ve got one, or any of the server’s shared IP addresses. Our system will also designate a random port. Using the Node.js controls inside Hepsia, you will be able to view a given application’s output or to start/restart/shut down any of the instances that you’ve added.
Node.js in VPS Servers
Node.js is included by default with each VPS server that comes with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and imposes no constraints in regard to the number of Internet sites that can use it at any given time. This makes our VPS packages a perfect option for building numerous real-time web apps and for making the most of each of them. The Hepsia Control Panel is user-friendly enough even for users with no previous experience, so if you’d like to enable Node.js for any app, it will not take more than several mouse clicks to make this. You will just have to insert the path to the given .js file and to select if Node.js will use the physical server’s shared IP address or a dedicated IP. Our system will also specify a particular port number that will be used to access the .js file. Right after that, you’ll be all set and ready to use the full potential of your real-time apps. Hepsia will enable you to check the output of the apps and to restart or to terminate any of your instances using fast-access buttons.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
Node.js comes bundled with all Linux dedicated service on which our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed. The latter has an incredibly intuitive and easy-to-navigate graphical interface, so even if you haven’t used Node.js before, you can unveil its true potential in only a couple of easy steps. Once you have uploaded the application’s content, you’ll need to define the location of the given .js files that will use the Node.js platform and to pick the IP address that they will use (shared or dedicated), while our system will assign a randomly generated port that will be used to access these files. There isn’t any restriction on the total number of instances that you can enable and use at the same time and you’ll have full command over them via the Hepsia Control Panel – you will be able to set up new ones or to terminate/reboot existing ones, to see the output log for each app, and many others.