Node.js is a cutting-edge event-driven system, which is used to set up scalable applications. It uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine and it processes HTTP requests and responses between a web server and an immense number of online users more efficiently than any traditional platform. What makes Node.js unique is the fact that in contrast to conventional platforms that handle the information in huge hunks, it processes everything in small bits. For example, in case a user has to fill a couple of fields on an Internet site, Node.js handles the info in the first field as soon as it is inserted, utilizing the server’s processing capabilities more effectively. In comparison, other platforms wait for all the fields to be filled out and while the information from them is being processed, requests from other users remain in the queue. The difference may be insignificant for one single person, but it actually does make a difference when a large number of people are browsing a site all at once. A couple of examples of Internet sites where Node.js can be employed are online dinner booking portals, online chat rooms or interactive browser-based game portals, i.e. websites that need fast live interaction.

Node.js in Web Hosting

Since Node.js is present on our leading-edge cloud platform, you’ll be able to add it to your hosting account and to use it for any web-based application that you’ve got, regardless of which web hosting plan you have picked at signup. The Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with all shared accounts, will allow you to choose the number of instances that you’d like to have – this is the number of the web applications that will use Node.js. Several minutes later, you’ll be able to enter the path to the application, i.e. where the .js file will be located in your hosting account, as well as to choose the IP address to gain access to that file – a dedicated IP or the server’s shared one. In the new Node.js section that will show up in the Control Panel, you will be able to restart an instance or to discontinue it in case you do not require it any longer. You’ll also be provided with access to the output code with only a mouse click.

Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers

With a semi-dedicated server from our company, you can use all the advantages that the Node.js event-driven platform is offering, due to the fact that it is available with all our plans and you can add it to your semi-dedicated account with several clicks from the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel – the account management tool that is included with each and every semi-dedicated server. In case you want to use Node.js for multiple Internet applications, you can select the number of instances which the platform will use when you are adding this service to your semi-dedicated plan. After that, you’ll have to insert the path to the .js file in your account for each instance. This can be done in the new section that will show up in the Control Panel after you add the upgrade and during the process, you can also choose if the path to the given application will go through a dedicated IP – if you have one, or through the physical server’s shared IP. Each and every instance that you activate can be restarted or discontinued separately and you can view your applications’ output with only a few clicks of the mouse.

Node.js in Dedicated Servers

Node.js is offered with all Linux dedicated service that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you’ll be able to take full advantage of this event-driven platform as soon as your dedicated server is up and running. As Hepsia is incredibly simple to use, you’ll be able to do that without experiencing any obstacles, even if you have never worked with the Node.js platform before, since everything that you’ll need to do on your end is define the path to the .js file that will use Node.js and the IP address that will be used to access this file. The latter can be a dedicated one or can be shared with other web sites. You can manage as many instances as you need on our exceptionally powerful dedicated servers and each of them can be controlled separately – you’ll be able to start, to reboot or to deactivate it, to view the output of the application using it, etc. This can be done through the user-friendly, point & click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can make use of the power of the Node.js platform without efforts.