Node.js is an event-driven environment, which uses Google's V8 JavaScript Engine. It is used for scalable apps that require live communication between a server and the worldwide web users and can significantly accelerate the performance of any website that uses it. Node.js is designed to process HTTP web requests and responses and constantly provides little bits of info. For example, if a new user fills in a signup form, once any info is inserted in one of the fields, it is forwarded to the server even if the other boxes are not filled and the user has not clicked on any button, so the information is processed much faster. In contrast, other platforms wait for the whole form to be filled and one large chunk of information is then sent to the server. Irrespective of how little the difference in the information processing speed may be, circumstances change in case the site expands and there’re many people using it at the same time. Node.js can be used for booking sites, real-time browser games or instant messengers, for instance, and many corporations, among them eBay, Yahoo and LinkedIn, have already included it in their services.
Node.js in Cloud Website Hosting
As Node.js is available on our advanced cloud hosting platform, you will be able to add it to your shared web hosting account and to use it for any web-based app that you’ve got, regardless of which cloud website hosting package you’ve chosen during the signup process. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes bundled with all accounts, will allow you to choose the number of instances that you would like to activate – this is the number of the web applications that will use Node.js. A few minutes later, you’ll be able to define the path to the app, in other words the location of the .js file in your website hosting account, as well as to pick the IP to obtain access to the file – a dedicated IP or the server’s shared one. In the new Node.js section that will show up in the Hepsia Control Panel, you’ll be able to restart an instance or to shut it down in case you do not want it any longer. You will also receive access to the output code with just one click.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Hosting
With a semi-dedicated server from us, you can use all the benefits that the Node.js event-driven platform has, because it’s is included with all our plans and you are able to add it to your semi-dedicated account with a few mouse clicks from the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel – the management tool that comes bundled with each and every semi-dedicated server. In case you would like to employ Node.js for different web applications, you can select the amount of instances that the platform will use when you’re adding this service to your semi-dedicated plan. Then, you’ll have to specify the location of the .js file in your account for each instance. This can be done in the new section that will appear in the Control Panel after you order the upgrade and during the process, you can also choose whether the access path to the particular application should go through a dedicated IP – if you have one, or through the physical server’s shared IP. Each and every instance that you run can be restarted or removed separately and you can check the output of your applications with only a couple of mouse clicks.
Node.js in VPS
Node.js comes with all Hepsia Control Panel-equipped VPS packages offered by us and you can configure it without any difficulties, even if you’ve never used it beforehand, because the Hepsia Control Panel offers a simple-to-use, point & click interface, which will allow you to do anything without any efforts. The platform can be used for as many software apps as you want, so you can make the most of your sites by mixing the power of our VPSs with the performance that the Node.js platform provides. You’ll have to include the location of the .js file within your account and to select if it will use a dedicated IP or your virtual server’s shared one and you will be all set. Accessing the file will be possible using a port number that our system will allocate randomly when you set up a new Node.js instance. The Hepsia Control Panel will grant you total control over all instances and, with just a click, you will be able to start, to discontinue or to reboot them, as well as to check the output of each application that uses the Node.js platform.
Node.js in Dedicated Hosting
If you decide to order any of our dedicated hosting for your script-powered web apps and if you select the Hepsia Control Panel during the order process, you will be able to make use of Node.js at no extra cost, since this event-driven platform is incorporated into our in-house built Control Panel tool. Since our servers are incredibly powerful, you’ll get great results even if you make use of multiple Node.js instances at once. The configuration requires several mouse clicks and Hepsia’s graphical user interface will make it extremely easy for you to create a new Node.js instance even if you have little or no previous experience. Defining the path to the .js file and selecting a shared or a dedicated IP will be everything that you’ll need to do yourself and as soon as our system has specified a port to access this file, you will be all set. Any of the Node.js instances that you’ve activated can be rebooted or terminated separately and you will get access to an elaborate output log for each of the applications that use Node.js.