Node.js is a cutting-edge event-driven platform, which is used to build scalable web applications. It is built with Google's V8 JavaScript Engine and it processes HTTP requests and responses between a server and a large number of Internet users more effectively than any traditional system. What makes Node.js special is the fact that unlike conventional platforms that process the information in sizeable hunks, it processes everything in tiny bits. For example, in case a user needs to fill a few fields on a site, Node.js handles the information in the first field once it’s inserted, utilizing the server’s processing resources more efficiently. In contrast, traditional systems wait for all the fields to be filled out 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 person, but it absolutely does make a difference when a large number of individuals are navigating a site all at once. A couple of instances of Internet sites where Node.js can be employed are dinner reservation portals, chat rooms or interactive browser video game portals, i.e. sites that offer fast live communication.
Node.js in Web Hosting
When you host a web application on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform and you wish to try out Node.js, you will be able to add it to your web hosting account regardless of the web hosting plan that you’re using. This can be done through the Upgrades section in the Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to use Node.js in no more than several minutes after you add this feature to the account. You’ll be able to select the number of instances that you would like to add to the account – one instance means one app using Node.js. In the new section that will show up in the Control Panel, you can define the path to the .js file in your web hosting account and choose whether that file will be accessible through the physical server’s shared IP or through a dedicated IP. Our system will also specify a port for the connection. You will be able to stop or to reboot each instance separately, in case it’s needed.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
You’ll be able to use Node.js for any real-time script-based app running in a semi-dedicated server account, since the platform comes bundled with all our semi-dedicated server plans and you can activate it with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. In case you wish to use it for different websites, you can order more instances from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Upgrades section. The setup is as simple as indicating the path to your .js file and selecting whether the platform should use a dedicated IP or any of the server’s shared ones, so you can make use of Node.js even if you’ve got no previous experience with such software. Our system will also designate a random port which will be used to access the .js file for the specific app. Hepsia has a simple-to-navigate interface that will allow you to reboot and to deactivate any of your existing instances, to get new ones or to check your applications’ output with just one single click.
Node.js in VPS Servers
Node.js is included by default with each VPS server that is ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and involves no constraints concerning the number of web sites that can use it at any given time. This makes our VPS packages an ideal choice for building multiple real-time apps and for getting the most out of them. The Hepsia Control Panel is user-friendly enough even for people with no previous experience, so if you’d like to enable Node.js for any app, it will not take more than a couple of clicks to make this. You’ll just need to add the location of the given .js file and to choose whether Node.js will use the physical server’s shared IP address or a dedicated IP. Our system will also select a certain port that will be used to access the .js file. Right after that, you’ll be all set and ready to use the full potential of your real-time apps. The Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to see the applications’ output and to reboot or to deactivate any of your instances using fast-access buttons.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
Node.js is available with all Linux dedicated service that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel, so you will be able to take advantage of the platform once your server is up and running. Since Hepsia is quite intuitive, you’ll be able to make that without having any obstacles, even if you’ve never used the Node.js platform before, since everything that you will need to do on your end is indicate the location of the .js file that will use the Node.js platform and the IP that will be used to access the file. The latter can be a dedicated one or can be shared with other websites. You can manage as many Node.js instances as you need on our very powerful servers and each of them can be controlled separately – you will be able to start, to restart or to cancel it, to see the output of the app that uses it, etc. This can be done through the simple-to-work-with, point-and-click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can take full advantage of the power of the Node.js platform without any effort.