Node.js is an innovative, event-driven asynchronous input/output system intended for Internet sites that offer real-time communication. Several instances of such sites are online browser-based video game portals, online chat rooms or hotel reservation portals. Node.js handles the information transmitted between the Internet site and its users in small bits, which enhances the speed and the performance of the site significantly. If a given form with three boxes has to be filled by a particular user, for instance, normally all three boxes should be filled out and their entire content is then sent as one sizeable chunk of information to the 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. In this way, much more information can be handled a lot faster and more efficiently in comparison to any conventional system, which can exert a substantial influence on the overall performance of the website. Node.js is already being used by many of the biggest IT firms such as Microsoft and Yahoo.
Node.js in Shared Web Hosting
Since Node.js is available on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform, you’ll be able to add it to your shared account and to utilize it for any web application that you have, regardless of which shared web hosting plan you’ve selected during the order process. The Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with all shared accounts, will allow you to choose the number of instances that you would like to order – this is the number of the web apps that will use Node.js. Several minutes after that, you’ll be able to add the path to the app, in other words where the .js file will be located in your shared web hosting account, as well as to select the IP address to get access to that file – a dedicated IP or the physical server’s shared one. In the new Node.js section that will appear in the Hepsia Control Panel, you will be able to restart an instance or to stop it if you no longer want it. You will also have access to the output code with only a mouse click.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
With a semi-dedicated server from us, you can use all the advantages that the Node.js event-driven platform offers, since it’s comes with all our semi-dedicated hosting packages and you are able to add it to your semi-dedicated account with a couple of mouse clicks from the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel – the management tool that comes bundled with every semi-dedicated server. If you would like to use Node.js for multiple web apps, you can choose the amount of instances that the platform will use when you are adding this feature to your semi-dedicated plan. Then, you’ll have to add the location of the .js file in your account for each instance. You can do this in the new section that will appear in the Control Panel after you add the upgrade and during the process, you can also choose whether the path to the given app will go through a dedicated IP – in case you’ve got one, or through the server’s shared IP. Each and every instance that you add can be rebooted or removed separately and you can see the output of your applications with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Node.js in VPS Servers
All VPS servers that are ordered with our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel come with Node.js as standard and you can take advantage of this platform for any script-driven software application that you run on the VPS. Since we haven’t put a limitation as to the amount of instances that you can create, you can use the power of our Virtual Private Servers and mix it with the full potential of the Node.js platform. The setup is done through the Hepsia Control Panel’s easy-to-navigate, point ‘n’ click GUI, so even if you aren’t tech-savvy, you will not experience any obstacles while using the Node.js platform. You’ll just have to enter the folder path in the VPS account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to choose if it will use a shared or a dedicated IP address. Furthermore, our system will also select a port to access this file and you will be able to see it in the respective section in the Hepsia Control Panel. With just one click, you’ll be able to see your applications’ output and to stop or to reboot any instance hosted on the Virtual Private Server.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
Node.js is included with all dedicated servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, so you’ll be able to take advantage of this event-driven platform once your physical server is up and running. As the Hepsia Control Panel is rather user-friendly, you’ll be able to do that without having any complications, even if you haven’t worked with Node.js before, as everything that you’ll have to do on your end is specify the folder path to the .js file that will use the platform and the IP address that will be used to access this file. The latter can be a dedicated IP or can be shared with other sites. You can run as many Node.js instances as you want on our really powerful dedicated servers and each instance can be managed independently – you will be able to start, to reboot or to delete it, to view the output of the application that uses it, etc. This can be done via the simple-to-use, point & click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can make the most of the power of the Node.js platform without any effort.