Secure Shell, also known as SSH, is a cryptographic network protocol used to execute commands on a remote hosting server or to exchange info between a website hosting server and a client. Due to the fact that the info exchanged by the two sides is encoded, a 3rd party can't intercept it, which makes SSH a favored means of handling a website hosting account. The commands that could be executed are determined by the type of hosting service. On a shared web server, for example, the alternatives are limited as you won't have root access to the website hosting server, so you can just create/move/delete files, set up and unpack archives, export and import databases, etc. They're all actions which are performed inside the shared hosting account and don't need a higher level of access. Using a virtual or a dedicated server, you will have the ability to install server-side software or to restart the server or only a certain service (web server, database server, etc.). SSH commands are submitted through a command line, but if you don't use a UNIX-like Operating System, there are a number of applications for other OSs, you can employ to connect to the remote server as well.

SSH Telnet in Shared Web Hosting

SSH access is featured with all Linux shared web hosting packages that we provide. With some of them, it's featured as standard, while with others it is an optional upgrade which you can add with a few clicks in your website hosting CP. You can get SSH access through the section dedicated to it in which you will also find the info that you need to connect - the host, the port number and the username. You can pick the password which you will use and, if required, you'll be able to modify it with several clicks from the same location. All of the commands which can be used with our shared plans are listed in a help article alongside relevant instances. If the SSH access function is permitted for your account, you'll also be able to upload files through your preferred FTP client via an SFTP connection.

SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All our semi-dedicated server accounts offer the possibility to access and handle them via SSH. If the plan you have selected includes this feature by default, you just have to activate the SSH access feature through the corresponding section of the Hepsia CP. If the function is listed as an additional upgrade, you are able to quickly add it via the Add Services/Upgrades link within the Hepsia CP and it'll be available within a minute. We have various help articles and video lessons regarding the use of SSH commands to manage your account and an entire list of the commands you can execute along with numerous examples to offer you a better idea of what you could do. If SSH is enabled, you will also be able to establish an SFTP connection to the account and to upload files safely and securely through any FTP application which supports the feature.