Node.js is an innovative, event-driven non-blocking input/output platform devised for websites which support real-time interaction. Some examples of such sites are online browser video game portals, live chat rooms or hotel reservation portals. Node.js handles the info exchanged between the website and its users in tiny bits, which accelerates the loading speed and the overall performance of the website noticeably. When some form with 3 boxes should be filled out by a user, for instance, usually all three boxes should be filled out and their entire content is then sent as one large hunk of information to the web server. With Node.js, the content in the first box is processed once it is inserted, before the user writes anything in the second one. Thus, a lot more info can be processed much faster and more effectively in comparison to any conventional platform, which can have a noticeable impact on the overall performance of the site. Node.js is already being used by many of the largest IT companies such as Microsoft and Yahoo.
Node.js in Cloud Hosting
As Node.js is present on our innovative cloud web hosting platform, you’ll be able to add it to your shared account and to utilize it for any web-based app that you have, regardless of which cloud hosting plan you have selected during the subscription process. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes bundled with all hosting accounts, will permit you to pick the number of instances that you would like to add – this is the number of the web apps that will use Node.js. A few minutes later, you will be able to specify the path to the application, in other words where the .js file will be located in your shared website hosting account, as well as to select the IP address to get access to that file – a dedicated IP or the server’s shared one. In the new Node.js section that will appear in the Control Panel, you will be able to reboot an instance or to terminate it if you don’t require it anymore. You’ll also gain access to the output code with just a click.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
You will be able to use Node.js for any real-time script-based software application hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, since the platform comes with all our packages and you can add it with only several mouse clicks. In case you’d like to use it for different web sites, you can order more instances through the Upgrades section of your Hepsia Control Panel. The setup is as easy as adding the location of your .js file and choosing whether the Node.js platform should use a dedicated IP or any of the physical server’s shared IP addresses, so you can make full use of Node.js even if you don’t have any previous experience with a similar software platform. Our system will also designate a randomly generated port which will be used to access the .js file associated with the given application. Hepsia has an easy-to-use GUI that will allow you to restart and to terminate any of your running instances, to add new ones or to check the output of your apps with just one single click.
Node.js in VPS Servers
All Linux VPS servers that are ordered with our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel come with Node.js as standard and you can use the platform for each script-powered web app that you host on the VPS. As we have not imposed a limit as to the number of Node.js instances that you can activate, you can take full advantage of the power of our virtual servers and mix it with the full potential of Node.js. The setup is done through the Hepsia Control Panel’s easy-to-navigate, point & click GUI, so even if you’re not technically proficient, you won’t have to cope with any difficulties while working with the Node.js platform. You will simply have to include the path in the account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to choose if it will use a shared or a dedicated IP address. What’s more, our system will also set a port number to access the file and you will be able to find it in the respective section in the Control Panel. With just one click, you can view your applications’ output and to delete or to reboot any Node.js instance hosted on the server.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
Node.js comes bundled with all dedicated servers on which our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed. The latter offers a very intuitive and easy-to-navigate interface, so even if you’ve never worked with the Node.js platform before, you can uncover its full potential in only a couple of simple steps. Once you’ve uploaded the app’s content, you will have to define the location of the specific .js files that will use Node.js and to choose the IP address which they’ll use (dedicated or shared), whereas our system will allocate a randomly generated port that will be used to access these files. There’s no constraint as to the total amount of Node.js instances that you can activate and run at the same time and you’ll have full control over them through the Hepsia Control Panel – you’ll be able to create new ones or to remove/reboot existing ones, to revise the output log for each application, etc.