Node.js is an avant-garde, event-driven asynchronous I/O system designed for sites which offer real-time communication. Several examples of such sites would be web-based browser game portals, online chat rooms or accommodation booking portals. Node.js handles the information sent between the site and its users in small bits, which accelerates the speed and the overall performance of the site noticeably. When some form with three boxes has to be filled out by a specific user, for example, typically all three boxes should be filled out and the whole content is then forwarded as one large chunk of information to the web server. With Node.js, the content in the first box is processed the moment it is inserted, before the user types anything in the second box. In this way, much more information can be handled much faster and more efficiently in comparison with any conventional platform, which can have a significant influence on the overall performance of the site. Node.js is already being employed by some of the top IT firms like Yahoo and Microsoft.

Node.js in Shared Web Hosting

If you host a web app on our advanced cloud hosting platform and you’d like to try Node.js, you will be able to add it to your account irrespective of the shared web hosting package that you are using. This can be done from the Upgrades section in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to use Node.js in no more than several minutes after you add this upgrade to the account. You can choose the number of instances that you’d like to add to the account – one instance means one app using Node.js. In the new section that will appear in the Control Panel, you can add the path to the .js file in your hosting account and choose if the file in question will be accessible via the shared IP address of the physical server or via a dedicated one. Our platform will also select a port for the connection. You will be able to shut down or to reboot each instance separately, in case it is needed.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you obtain a semi-dedicated server account through us, you’ll be able to take advantage of the full potential of Node.js with any application that you host on our cloud web hosting platform, due to the fact that it is available with each and every semi-dedicated hosting plan offered by our company. You can indicate the number of instances, or apps that can use Node.js, via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel with which you can control your account. The only things that you’re expected to do after that will be to insert the path within the account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to select the IP address that will be used in order to access this file. You can choose a dedicated IP address if you’ve got one, or any of the server’s shared IP addresses. Our system will also choose a randomly generated port number. Using the Node.js controls inside Hepsia, you’ll be able to see the output of a given app or to start/restart/remove any of the instances that you’ve added.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

You will be able to make use of Node.js with your real-time, script-based web applications at no extra fee if you acquire any of our dedicated servers and pick the Hepsia Control Panel on the order page. The Node.js instances can be managed from the Node.js section of the Hepsia CP through a user-friendly GUI, which will permit you to start/delete/reboot any Node.js instance or to view the output of the app which uses it with just one click of the mouse. Even if you aren’t very tech-savvy, you’ll be able to make use of the platform, since all you’ll need to do to set it up is define the path to the .js file and choose the IP address that will be used to access the latter – a shared or a dedicated one. A randomly generated port will be set automatically as well and you’ll see the upsides of running Node.js instantaneously. By combining Node.js with the power of our dedicated servers, you will be able to make use of the full potential of your apps and to enjoy the best achievable performance.