Node.js is an avant-garde, open-source, event-driven, non-blocking I/O system used for sites which offer live interaction. Some examples of such websites would be web-based browser game portals, web-based chat rooms or accommodation reservation portals. The platform processes the info exchanged between the site and its visitors in tiny bits, which improves the loading speed and the overall performance of the website substantially. If a certain form with three boxes should be filled by a specific user, for example, usually all three boxes should be filled and their entire content is then delivered as one big chunk of information to the server. With Node.js, the content in the first box is processed the moment it is inserted, before the user writes anything in the second box. In this way, much more information can be handled much faster and more effectively in contrast with any conventional system, which can exert a huge influence on the overall performance of the website. Node.js is already being employed by some of the largest IT corporations such as Yahoo and Microsoft.

Node.js in Cloud Web Hosting

When you host a web application on our innovative cloud website hosting platform and you want to try out Node.js, you will be able to add it to your web hosting account irrespective of the cloud web hosting package that you’re using. You can make this via the Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to take advantage of Node.js in no more than a couple of minutes after you add this service to the account. You can choose the number of instances that you want to add to your account – one instance means that one application 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 the file in question will be accessible through the shared IP of the server or via a dedicated one. Our platform will also set a port for the connection. You’ll be able to disable or to restart each instance separately, in case it’s necessary.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

You’ll be able to use Node.js for any real-time script-driven web app running in a semi-dedicated server account, since the platform is available with all our packages and you can add it with only several clicks. In case you would like to use it for multiple websites, you can activate more instances from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The activation is as simple as adding the location of your .js file and choosing whether Node.js should use a dedicated IP address or any of the physical server’s shared IPs, so you can make use of Node.js even if you lack previous experience with similar software. Our system will also specify a randomly generated port that will be used to access the .js file associated with the given app. Hepsia has a simple-to-navigate GUI that will permit you to reboot and to deactivate any of your active instances, to get new ones or to see your applications’ output with just one click.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

If you decide to get one of our dedicated servers for your script-based software apps and if you select the Hepsia Control Panel during the order procedure, you’ll be able to use Node.js at no additional cost, as this event-driven platform is available in our custom-developed Control Panel tool. As our dedicated servers are really powerful, you will get stunning performance even if you use multiple Node.js instances at once. The configuration requires a few clicks of the mouse and the Hepsia Control Panel’s GUI will make it rather easy for you to activate a new instance even if you’ve got little or no prior experience. Entering the path to the .js file and selecting a dedicated or a shared IP will be everything that you’ll need to do yourself and once our system has allocated a port to access that file, you’ll be all set. Any of the instances that you have created can be restarted or stopped independently and you’ll acquire access to an in-depth output log for each of the apps that use Node.js.