This documentation page describes the specific resources available for your use in Cloud Platform Node.js application environments, and the current limitations of the environment types. For information about software resources included with Cloud Platform environments, and resources included with other related features, see Additional stack information.

Application sizes

Node.js applications have three sizes: Small, Medium, and Large. Each application size has a corresponding production environment and a Small development environment. The environment sizes have the following limits:

Resources

Each environment in a Node.js application includes the following components:

Also included are the following items:

• Pipelines
• A Git repository
• Cloud Platform CDN

Limitations

Node.js environments in Cloud Platform have the following limitations:

• Non-production environments are shared resources, and are subject to unexpected relaunches.
• The following features are not supported:
  • Shield
  • SSH access into infrastructure
  • Varnish® or custom VCLs
  • Memcached
  • CD environments
• Node.js applications do not contain a supported database service or file system asset manager, but you can connect to an external file system/ database service, such as a Drupal website.
• Node.js applications can expose only one port, indicated by process.env.PORT, which is set by Acquia and cannot be overridden. You can, however, use websockets to handle multiple concurrent connections.
• Node.js hosting supports FedRAMP, PCI, and HIPAA compliance only.
• Node.js applications on Cloud Platform do not support custom nginx.config files. Redirection from http to https must be done at the WAF level, or through the Node.js environment by using X-Forwarded-Proto request header.
• Node.js applications can not generate

Resources and limitations for Node.js environments