I've been searching all over the web and have attempted to upload my node.js based server up to a few various web hosters with no result. As far as I know most hosters don't support node.js to begin with, and I have a list of a few that do.
But my primary question is, how do you get your server working on this hoster in the first place? do you just upload it? does it sort of self run once uploaded? do I have to access that hosters cmd in order to get it running?
Sorry for what is probably a very newbish question, which I assume it is as I have yet to find a guide that covers this because it is apparently too basic. They always seem to skip this part:s
You'll just need to upload your files to a web host that supports javascript and offers command line access; for example, check out Amazon's free scalable offering. Once you have the files uploaded, just run them from the command line:
% node node.js