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Node.js on VIP

Node.js applications on WordPress VIP are provisioned with load-balanced pods with an optional Valkey add-on. The VIP Platform is designed to run Node.js web applications—including decoupled/headless frontends to WordPress, microservices, REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, and middleware.

Node.js environments can enable New Relic for insights on performance and help with debugging issues.

  • Health checks

    The cache health check endpoint is used to determine whether an application container is healthy, and allows the VIP edge load balancers to identify application containers that are extremely busy or non-responsive.

  • Building Node.js applications

    When code is pushed to a Node.js application’s deploying branch, the VIP Platform infrastructure automatically pulls the code, installs the dependencies, and runs the build step: npm run build

  • Managing Node.js versions

    Only Node.js Long Term Support (LTS) releases in Active or Maintenance status are supported by the VIP Platform.

  • Node.js environment variables

    On the VIP Platform, environment variables are provided when a Node.js application is built and at runtime.

  • Debug a Node.js application

    Recommended tools, methods, and best practices for debugging Node.js application issues

  • Node.js application requirements

    A Node.js application must fulfill several requirements before it can run successfully on VIP’s infrastructure.

  • Integrating Valkey

    Valkey is an optional add-on for Node.js environments on the WordPress VIP Platform.

  • WebSockets

    WebSockets on WordPress VIP are designed to support small-scale, bidirectional, real-time data flows for Node.js applications.

  • Serve static content

    How to serve static content on a Node.js environment.

  • Manage dependencies in Node.js

    Node.js applications on the VIP Platform must use npm to manage their dependencies. Other dependency managers such as yarn are not supported.  Installing dependencies Prior to building and running a Node.js application, VIP installs the application’s production dependencies with:  npm install –production This step installs the dependencies listed in the dependencies section of an application’s package.json . It does not install the dependencies listed in […]

Last updated: January 01, 2026

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