Node.js is an advanced, open-source, event-driven, non-blocking input/output platform devised for sites which support real-time interaction. Several instances of such sites would be online browser video game portals, web-based chat rooms or hotel reservation portals. Node.js processes the information exchanged between the site and its visitors in little bits, which boosts the loading speed and the performance of the site considerably. When a certain form with 3 boxes is expected to be filled by a particular user, for example, typically all three boxes should be filled and their entire content is then submitted as one giant hunk of information to the web server. With Node.js, the content in the first box is processed the moment 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 to any conventional system, which can exert a considerable effect on the site’s overall performance. Node.js is already being employed by many of the biggest IT firms such as Microsoft and Yahoo.

Node.js in Shared Hosting

Since Node.js is available on our advanced cloud web hosting platform, you’ll be able to add it to your shared hosting account and to use it for any web-based application that you’ve got, regardless of which shared hosting plan you have chosen upon signup. The Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with all web hosting accounts, will allow you to pick the number of instances that you would like to use – this is the number of the web apps that will use Node.js. Several minutes later, you’ll be able to define the path to the application, i.e. where the .js file will be located in your website hosting account, as well as to select the IP address to access the file – a dedicated IP or the physical server’s shared IP. In the new Node.js section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can reboot an instance or to delete it if you no longer need it. You’ll also gain access to the output code with only one mouse click.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to use Node.js for any real-time script-driven app running in a semi-dedicated server account, since the platform is included with all our semi-dedicated hosting plans and you can get it with just several clicks. In case you want to use it for different websites, you can enable more instances via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The activation is as easy as including the location of your .js file and choosing if the Node.js platform should use a dedicated IP address or any of the server’s shared IPs, so you can make use of Node.js even if you have no previous experience with such software. Our system will also set a random port number that will be used to access the .js file associated with the given app. Hepsia has an easy to work with interface that will permit you to restart and to stop any of your existing instances, to add new ones or to see your apps’ output with just one click.

Node.js in VPS Servers

All Linux VPS servers that are ordered with our custom-made Hepsia hosting Control Panel offer Node.js as standard and you can take full advantage of the platform for each script-powered app that you host on the Virtual Private Server. As we haven’t imposed a limit on the amount of Node.js instances that you can create, you can make full use of the power of our VPS servers and mix it with the full capacity of the Node.js platform. The setup is done via the Hepsia Control Panel’s simple-to-navigate, point ‘n’ click GUI, so even if you aren’t technically proficient, you will not need to cope with any difficulties while working with the platform. You’ll simply need to include the path in the account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to select whether it will use a shared or a dedicated IP. What’s more, our system will also designate a port to access the file and you’ll be able to find it in the corresponding Control Panel section. With just one mouse click, you will be able to check your applications’ output and to delete or to restart any instance hosted on the VPS.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js is available with all Linux dedicated web hosting plans on which our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed. The latter has a pretty intuitive and easy-to-use GUI, so even if you have not worked with the Node.js platform before, you can unleash its true potential in just a couple of simple steps. As soon as you’ve uploaded the application’s content, you will need to define the folder path to the specific .js files that will use Node.js and to choose the IP which they’ll use (dedicated or shared), whereas our system will allocate a randomly generated port that will be used to access the files in question. There isn’t any constraint as to the total amount of Node.js instances that you can set up and run simultaneously and you’ll exert full control over them from the Hepsia Control Panel – you’ll be able to create new ones or to discontinue/reboot existing ones, to see the output log for each application, and so on.