Node.js hosting
Looking for a place to host your Node.js application? At Simafri, an Express API or a NestJS application runs directly on web hosting, and the VPS Pro takes over for real-time features and background processing. You pick your Node.js version and your domain or subdomain, and we help you wire everything up.
Where to run it
It all comes down to how your application works: by answering requests, or also continuously, outside of any request.
On web hosting
Enter the application folder, its startup file and the Node.js version: the server takes care of running it and passing the requests along.
Over SSH, install your packages, run your build scripts and one-off commands, or schedule them with cron.
Your API on api.your-domain.com, your interface on the main domain: each application gets its own address and its own certificate.
Create your databases in the control panel and connect to them with Prisma, Sequelize, Knex or the mysql2 driver.
A compiled React, Vue or Angular front end is uploaded as static files under the domain of your choice, with a rewrite rule pointing to index.html.
On Pro and Premium, a technician stays with you until your application responds at its address.
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In practice
Clone your repository over SSH, or upload your files by SFTP into the application folder.
In the control panel, open Setup Node.js App and choose the Node.js version, the domain or subdomain and the startup file, for example server.js.
Run npm install in the application's environment, then add your environment variables, such as the address of your MySQL database.
Start the application from the control panel: it responds over HTTPS at its address, and restarts in one click after each update.
Yes: a Node.js application that answers requests, whether it is built with Express, NestJS or Fastify, runs on all three web hosting plans. It is the simplest route for an API, an admin back end or a server-rendered website, with no server to look after.
A real-time chat, a task queue, a bot that works through the night or a PostgreSQL database need processes that live outside of requests. The VPS Pro puts the entire server in your hands, and the Managed VPS entrusts it to our team. Our guide hosting a Node.js application in production explains the setup in detail.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. On Simafri web hosting, a Node.js application that answers requests is set up in the control panel with the Setup Node.js App tool, on its domain or subdomain, running whichever Node.js version you need. All three plans run it.
Several versions are offered in the control panel, including Node.js 22, and each application keeps its own. On a VPS Pro, you install exactly the version you want.
Persistent WebSocket connections, with Socket.IO for example, belong on the VPS Pro, where your process runs continuously under PM2, systemd or Docker.
On a VPS Pro, yes: you install the database of your choice with root access. Web hosting offers MySQL, which Prisma, Sequelize and Knex work with very well.
On web hosting, deployment support comes free with the Pro plan and above. On a VPS Pro, Full-Stack Assistance goes through the logs with you and tells you what to fix, right down to the application code.
APIs, real-time features, background tasks: describe your Node.js project, and we will point you to the hosting that fits it.
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