Unlocking Node.js Potential: A Guide to Setting Up Applications on Shared Hosting Environments

Note:

Node.js Selector icon in the end user interface when Node.js is disabled.

End User interface allows end users to set up and manage Node.js for their web applications.
Go to cPanel → Software Section → Setup Node.js App.

Web Applications page is displayed.

There are several columns in the list.

• App URI — application URI including the domain.
• App Root Directory — application root directory relative to user's home.
• Mode — can be production or development.
• Status — started/stopped — displays if an application is running or not and version of application.
• Actions — allows to start, restart, stop, edit, and remove a particular application.

Start application

To start a stopped application do the following:

• Click Start icon in the Actions column in a stopped application row.
• When an action is completed a Start icon changes to Stop icon.

Stop application

To stop a started application do the following:

• Click the Stop icon in the Actions column in a started application row.
• When an action is completed a Stop icon changes to Start icon.

Restart application

To restart started application do the following:

• Click the Restart icon in the Actions column in a started application row. A current row is blocked and will be unblocked when a process is completed.

Remove application

To remove application do the following:

• Click Bin icon in the Actions column in a particular application row.
• In the confirmation pop-up click Agree to start removing or Cancel to close the pop-up.
• When an action is completed an application will be removed from the Web Applications table and a confirmation pop-up will be displayed.

Edit application

To edit application do the following:

• Click Pencil icon in the Actions column in a particular application row. A particular application tab opens.

The following actions are available:

• Restart application — click Restart button.
• Stop Node.js — click Stop Node.js button.
• Run JavaScript script — click Run JS Script button to run a command specified in the Scripts section of the package.json file. Specify the name of the script to run plus any parameters then click Ok .
• Remove application — click the Delete button and confirm the action in a pop-up.
• Change Node.js version — choose Node.js version from a drop-down.
• Change Application mode — choose application mode from a drop-down. Available modes are Production and Development.
• Application root — specify in a field a physical address to the application on a server that corresponds with its URI.
• Application URL — specify in a field an HTTP/HTTPS link to the application.
• Application startup file — specify as NAME.js file.
• Passenger log file — starting from CloudLinux Manager 5.1.0-2 you can set paths to Passenger logs for Node.js applications via UI (or using cloudlinux-selector utility).
• Run npm install command — click the Run npm install button to install the package(s) described in the package.json file.
• Add Environment variables — click Add Variable and specify a name and a value.

Note: 

You can also use Node.js Selector CLI.