Node.js is an innovative event-driven platform, which is used to develop scalable apps. It is built with the Google V8 JavaScript engine and it processes HTTP requests and responses between a web server and an immense number of users much more efficiently than any conventional system. What makes Node.js special is the fact that in contrast to traditional systems which process the information in large hunks, it processes everything in little bits. For instance, when a user needs to fill out a couple of fields on an Internet site, Node.js handles the info in the first field the moment it is typed, utilizing the server’s processing power more efficiently. In contrast, traditional systems wait for all the fields to be filled and while the info from them is being processed, requests from other users stay in the queue. The difference may be insignificant for one single user, but it undoubtedly does make a difference if a large number of individuals are using a website at the same time. A couple of instances of websites where Node.js can be applied are dining reservation portals, live chat rooms or interactive browser-based game portals, in other words websites that need quick real-time interaction.
Node.js in Hosting
Since Node.js is present on our innovative cloud platform, you’ll be able to add it to your hosting account and to use it for any web app that you’ve got, regardless of which hosting package you have selected during the registration process. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which is offered with all shared hosting accounts, will allow 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 afterwards, you’ll be able to add the path to the application, i.e. where the .js file will be located in your shared web hosting account, as well as to pick the IP to obtain access to the file – a dedicated IP address or the 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 cancel it if you do not want it any longer. You’ll also be provided with access to the output code with only one click.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you order a semi-dedicated server account through our company, you will be able to use the full capacity of Node.js with any web app that you host on our cloud hosting platform, because it is available with each and every semi-dedicated plan that we’re offering. You can specify the number of instances, or applications which can use Node.js, through the Hepsia Control Panel with which you can manage your account. The only things that you’re expected to do after that will be to add the path to the .js file that will use Node.js within the account and to choose the IP address that will be used in order to access that file. You can select a dedicated IP address if you’ve got one, or any of the server’s shared IP addresses. Our system will also designate a randomly generated port. When you have the Node.js controls inside Hepsia, you’ll be able to check a given application’s output or to start/reboot/terminate any of the instances that you have activated.
Node.js in VPS Servers
Node.js is included as standard with each VPS server that is ordered with the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and imposes no restrictions regarding the number of Internet sites that can use it at any particular moment. This makes our Virtual Private Server plans an excellent option for hosting multiple real-time apps and for getting the most out of each of them. The Hepsia Control Panel is user-friendly enough even for people without any prior experience, so if you’d like to enable Node.js for any application, it will not take more than several mouse clicks to make this. You will only need to specify the folder path to the specific .js file and to choose if Node.js will use the physical server’s shared IP or a dedicated one. Our system will also set a given port number that will be used to access the .js file. After that, you’ll be all set and ready to make use of the full potential of your real-time applications. The Hepsia Control Panel will permit you to see the apps’ output and to restart or to deactivate any of your instances using fast-access buttons.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
Node.js comes with all dedicated web hosting plans on which our custom Hepsia Control Panel is installed. The latter offers a pretty intuitive and user-friendly GUI, so even if you’ve never worked with the Node.js platform before, you can unleash its true potential in just a few easy steps. As soon as you have uploaded the application’s content, you will have to specify the path to the particular .js files that will use the Node.js platform and to choose the IP address that they will use (shared or dedicated), whereas our system will set a randomly generated port that will be used to access the files in question. There isn’t any limit on the total amount of Node.js instances that you can set up and run at the same time and you’ll have complete control over them from the Hepsia Control Panel – you’ll be able to order new ones or to deactivate/restart existing ones, to view the output log for each application, etcetera.