Node.js is an innovative, event-driven non-blocking input/output platform used for Internet sites that support live communication. Some instances of such sites are online browser game portals, web-based chat rooms or accommodation booking portals. Node.js handles the information sent between the site and its users in small bits, which accelerates the loading speed and the performance of the site significantly. When a certain form with 3 boxes has to be filled out by a particular user, for example, ordinarily all three boxes should be filled out and the whole content is then forwarded as one big chunk of information to the web server. With Node.js, the content in the first box is processed as soon as it is entered, before the user types anything in the second box. Thus, much more information can be processed a lot faster and more effectively compared with any traditional system, which can exert a huge influence on the performance of the site. Node.js is already being used by some of the top IT companies such as Yahoo and Microsoft.

Node.js in Shared Hosting

Since Node.js is available on our innovative cloud web hosting platform, you will be able to add it to your shared web hosting account and to use it for any web app that you’ve got, irrespective of which shared hosting package you have selected during the subscription process. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with all web hosting accounts, will permit you to choose the number of instances that you want to order – this is the number of the web applications that will use Node.js. A few minutes afterwards, you will be able to enter the path to the app, i.e. the location of the .js file in your shared hosting account, as well as to pick the IP address to receive access to that file – a dedicated IP address or the server’s shared one. In the new Node.js menu that will show up in the Hepsia Control Panel, you’ll be able to reboot an instance or to delete it in case you don’t require it any longer. You’ll also get access to the output code with only one mouse click.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you purchase a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you will be able to make use of the full potential of Node.js with any Internet application that you host on our cloud platform, as it comes with each and every semi-dedicated package that we are offering. You can indicate the number of instances, or applications which can use Node.js, from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel with which you can control your semi-dedicated account. The only things that you will need to do after that will be to insert the path within the account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to select the IP address that will be used in order to access that file. You can choose a dedicated IP address if you have one, or any of the physical server’s shared IP addresses. Our system will also set a random port number. With the Node.js controls inside Hepsia, you’re able to view a given application’s output or to start/restart/discontinue any of the instances that you have added.

Node.js in VPS Servers

Node.js is available as standard with each and every VPS server that is ordered with the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and imposes no constraints in regard to the number of websites that can use it at any particular time. This makes our Virtual Private Server packages a perfect choice for building numerous real-time script-based web apps and for getting the most out of them. Hepsia is user-friendly enough even for users without any previous experience, so if you would like to activate Node.js for any app, it will not take more than a few clicks to do it. You will simply need to include the path to the specific .js file and to choose whether Node.js will use the physical server’s shared IP or a dedicated IP. Our platform will also designate a specific port number that will be used to access the .js file. After that, you will be all set and ready to take advantage of the full potential of your real-time apps. Hepsia will permit you to check the applications’ output and to reboot or to stop any of your instances using fast-access controls.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js comes bundled with all dedicated web hosting plans on which our in-house developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed. The latter offers an amazingly simple and user-friendly interface, so even if you’ve never used Node.js before, you will be able to unveil its true potential in only a few easy steps. Once you have uploaded the app’s content, you’ll have to insert the directory path to the given .js files that will use the Node.js platform and to pick the IP that they’ll use (dedicated or shared), while our system will specify a randomly generated port that will be used to access the files in question. There’s no limit as to the total amount of Node.js instances that you can activate and use at the same time and you’ll exert total command over them through the Hepsia Control Panel – you will be able to create new ones or to remove/reboot existing ones, to see the output log for each app, etcetera.