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Node.js support

This guide explains how to use Node.js with a managed Cloud Server.

Node.js is a free software platform in JavaScript aimed at network applications that need to be able to increase load.

Node.js is not currently available with Web hosting or Web + Mail hosting.

You can install NVM from your admin console, by following our guide: https://faq.infomaniak.com/23

To install Node.js via NVM:

nvm install stable

To start the loop server (server.js contains server.listen(4040)):

npm install -g forever
forever start server.js

To redirect apache traffic to the backend of Node.js, add this to your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://localhost:4040/$1 [L,P]

Set 6.1.0 (or another version) as default
nvm alias default 6.1.0

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