How to host a Node Js application in shared hosting

Question

How to host a Node Js application in a shared hosting  I want to host a node js application in shared hosting  Does anyone have any reference or documentation to refer to

User · Answer

I installed Node js on bluehost com  a shared server  using   wget  lt path to download file gt  tar -xf  lt gzip file gt  mv  lt gzip file dir gt  node   This will download the tar file  extract to a directory and then rename that directory to the name  node  to make it easier to use   then     node bin npm install jt-js-sample  Returns  npm WARN engine jt-js-sample 0 2 4  wanted    node   0 10 x    current    node   0 12 4   npm   2 10 1    jt-js-sample 0 2 4 node modules jt-js-sample  -- express 4 12 4  merge-descriptors 1 0 0  utils-merge 1 0 0  cookie-signature 1 0 6  methods 1 1 1  cookie 0 1 2  fresh 0 2 4  escape-html 1 0 1  range-parser 1 0 2  finalhandler 0 3 6  content-type 1 0 1  vary 1 0 0  parseurl 1 3 0  serve-static 1 9 3  content-disposition 0 5 0  path-to-regexp 0 1 3  depd 1 0 1  qs 2 4 2  on-finished 2 2 1  debug 2 2 0  etag 1 6 0  proxy-addr 1 0 8  send 0 12 3  type-is 1 6 2  accepts 1 2 7    I can now use the commands       node bin node -v v0 12 4      node bin npm -v 2 10 1   For security reasons  I have renamed my node directory to something else

User · Answer

A2 Hosting permits node js on their shared hosting accounts   I can vouch that I ve had a positive experience with them     Here are instructions in their KnowledgeBase for installing node js using Apache LiteSpeed as a reverse proxy  https   www a2hosting com kb installable-applications manual-installations installing-node-js-on-managed-hosting-accounts    It takes about 30 minutes to set up the configuration  and it ll work with npm  Express  MySQL  etc    See a2hosting com

User · Answer

You can run node js server on a typical shared hosting with Linux  Apache and PHP  LAMP   I have successfully installed it  even with NPM  Express and Grunt working fine  Follow the steps   1  Create a new PHP file on the server with the following code and run it    lt  php   Download and extract the latest node exec  curl http   nodejs org dist latest node-v0 10 33-linux-x86 tar gz   tar xz      Rename the folder for simplicity exec  mv node-v0 10 33-linux-x86 node      2  The same way install your node app  e g  jt-js-sample  using npm    lt  php exec  node bin npm install jt-js-sample      3  Run the node app from PHP    lt  php   Choose JS file to run  file    node modules jt-js-sample index js     Spawn node server in the background and return its pid  pid   exec  PORT 49999 node bin node      file      gt  dev null 2 gt  amp 1  amp  echo         Wait for node to start up usleep 500000     Connect to node server using cURL  curl   curl init  http   127 0 0 1 49999     curl setopt  curl  CURLOPT HEADER  1   curl setopt  curl  CURLOPT RETURNTRANSFER  1     Get the full response  resp   curl exec  curl   if  resp     false          If couldn t connect  try increasing usleep     echo  Error      curl error  curl     else         Split response headers and body     list  head   body    explode   r n r n    resp  2        headarr   explode   n    head         Print headers     foreach  headarr as  headval            header  headval               Print body     echo  body      Close connection curl close  curl     Close node server exec  kill      pid     Voila  Have a look at the demo of a node app on PHP shared hosting   EDIT  I started a Node php project on GitHub

User · Answer

Connect with SSH and follow these instructions to install Node on a shared hosting  In short you first install NVM  then you install the Node version of your choice with NVM   wget -qO- https   cdn rawgit com creationix nvm master install sh   bash   Your restart your shell  close and reopen your sessions   Then you  nvm install stable   to install the latest stable version for example  You can install any version of your choice  Check node --version for the node version you are currently using and nvm list to see what you ve installed   In bonus you can switch version very easily  nvm use  lt version gt    There s no need of PHP or whichever tricky workaround if you have SSH

User · Answer

You should look for a hosting company that provides such feature  but standard simple static PHP MySQL hosting won t let you use node js    You need either find a hosting designed for node js or buy a Virtual Private Server and install it yourself

[node.js] How to host a Node.Js application in shared hosting

Examples related to node.js

Examples related to web-hosting