Node.js is a cutting-edge, open-source, event-driven, asynchronous input/output system devised for Internet sites which offer live communication. Some examples of such sites would be online browser-based video game portals, live chat rooms or accommodation reservation portals. The platform processes the information transmitted between the website and its users in little bits, which improves the speed and the performance of the site significantly. When a certain form with 3 boxes should be filled out by a specific user, for instance, normally all three boxes should be filled out and the entire content is then delivered as one massive chunk of information to the server. With Node.js, the content of the first box is processed as soon as it is entered, before the user types anything in the second one. Therefore, a lot more information can be processed a lot faster and more effectively in comparison to any conventional platform, which can have a noticeable effect on the site’s performance. Node.js is already being used by many of the top IT companies like Microsoft and Yahoo.
Node.js in Website Hosting
When you host an Internet application on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform and you’d like to try out Node.js, you’ll be able to add it to your hosting account regardless of the website hosting package that you use. You can make this through the Upgrades menu in the Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to use Node.js in no more than a couple of minutes after you add this upgrade to your account. You’ll be able to choose the number of instances that you’d like to add to your account – one instance means that one app will be using Node.js. In the new section that will appear in the Control Panel, you can write the path to the .js file in your hosting account and choose whether that file will be reachable through the physical server’s shared IP or via a dedicated IP. Our platform will also set a port for the connection. You’ll be able to turn off or to reboot each instance independently, if it’s necessary.
Node.js in Semi-dedicated Servers
With a semi-dedicated server from us, you can make use of all the advantages that the Node.js platform offers, as it’s is included with all our semi-dedicated server packages and you are able to add it to your semi-dedicated account with several mouse clicks from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the semi-dedicated account administration tool that is included with every semi-dedicated server. In case you want to use Node.js for multiple web-based apps, you can pick the number of instances that the platform will use when you are adding this feature to your plan. After that, you’ll have to specify the path to the .js file in your semi-dedicated account for each instance. This can be done in the new menu that will show up in the Hepsia Control Panel after you add the upgrade and in the meantime, you can also select whether the path to the specific application will go through a dedicated IP – in case you’ve got one, or through the server’s shared IP. Each instance that you order can be restarted or deleted independently and you can see your applications’ output with just a couple of clicks.
Node.js in Dedicated Servers
Node.js is included with all dedicated servers that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so you will be able to make the most of the event-driven platform as soon as your machine is set up. Since the Hepsia Control Panel is incredibly user-friendly, you will be able to make that without coming across any obstacles, even if you haven’t used Node.js before, as everything that you will have to do on your end is enter the directory path to the .js file that will use the platform and the IP address that will be used to access this file. The latter can be a dedicated IP or can be shared with other web sites. You can run as many Node.js instances as you like on our stunningly powerful servers and each of them can be controlled separately – you’ll be able to start, to restart or to stop it, to check the output of the application using it, etc. You can do this through the intuitive, point ‘n’ click Hepsia Control Panel, so you can make use of the power of the Node.js platform with no effort.