Node.js is an avant-garde event-driven system, which is used to create scalable Internet applications. It’s built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine and it processes HTTP requests and responses between a web server and a huge number of users much more efficiently than any conventional system. What makes Node.js unique is the fact that in difference between conventional platforms that handle the info in large chunks, it handles everything in small bits. For instance, when a user needs to fill a couple of fields on a website, Node.js processes the info from the first field as soon as it’s entered, utilizing the server processing time more effectively. In contrast, traditional systems wait for all the fields to be filled out and while the info in them is being processed, requests from other users stay in the queue. The difference may be insignificant for one single person, but it indeed does make a difference when a large number of individuals are visiting a site at the same time. A couple of instances of Internet sites where Node.js can be used are dinner booking portals, chat rooms or interactive browser-based video game portals, in other words websites that offer quick real-time communication.

Node.js in Shared Hosting

When you host a web app on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform and you wish to try Node.js, you will be able to add it to your hosting account regardless of the shared hosting package that you’re using. This can be done through the Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll 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 will be able to select the number of instances that you would like to add to your account – one instance means one application using Node.js. In the new section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can insert the path to the .js file in your hosting account and choose whether the file in question will be reachable through the shared IP address of the physical server or through a dedicated IP. Our system will also specify a port number for the connection. You will be able to terminate or to reboot each instance independently, if it is required.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

All our semi-dedicated service offer Node.js, so if you’d like to run any real-time app on our leading-edge cloud platform, you’ll be able to make use of the power that Node.js can give you with only several clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The service is upgradeable, so in case you would like to use Node.js for different sites, you will be able to choose the amount of available instances, one instance being one application. Using Hepsia’s easy-to-use interface, you’ll have to specify the location of the .js file for each instance and to choose whether Node.js will use a dedicated IP address or the physical server’s shared IP. Our cloud platform will specify a random port number to access your application and you’ll see it in the corresponding Control Panel section. The Hepsia Control Panel will also allow you to see the output of any of your applications or to deactivate/restart each instance separately.

Node.js in VPS Servers

All VPS servers that are ordered with our custom Hepsia Control Panel include Node.js by default and you can take full advantage of the event-driven platform for each script-based app that you host on the VPS. Since we haven’t put any limitation as to how many Node.js instances you can use, you can use the power of our Virtual Private Servers and combine it with the full potential of Node.js. The setup is done via the Hepsia Control Panel’s intuitive, point & click interface, so even if you are not technically proficient, you will not have any problems while working with the platform. You will just need to add the directory path in the VPS account to the .js file that will use Node.js and to select if it will use a shared or a dedicated IP address. In addition, our system will also specify a port number to access this file and you will be able to find it in the corresponding Control Panel section. With just one click, you’ll be able to see the output of your applications and to shut down or to reboot any instance hosted on the server.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js is offered with all dedicated service on which our in-house developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel is installed. The latter offers an incredibly intuitive and easy-to-navigate graphical interface, so even if you have not used Node.js before, you can take advantage of its full potential in only a couple of easy steps. As soon as you have uploaded the app’s content, you will have to define the path to the given .js files that will use Node.js and to choose the IP which they’ll use (shared or dedicated), whereas our system will allocate a randomly generated port number that will be used to access the files in question. There is no constraint as to the total amount of Node.js instances that you can activate and run simultaneously and you will exert total control over them through the Hepsia Control Panel – you will be able to activate new ones or to cancel/restart existing ones, to see the output log for each app, etcetera.