SSH, which is an abbreviation for Secure Shell, is a network protocol that's used to transfer encrypted info between a client and a website hosting server, which makes it impossible for unauthorized parties to intercept any information. Many tech-savvy clients prefer SSH mainly because of the higher security level. The connection is created and the commands are delivered via a command line. The accessible options depend on the type of Internet hosting service - on a shared server, for example, files can be transferred or deleted, databases can be imported and exported, and archives may be set up or unpacked. On a virtual or a dedicated server, your choices are a lot more - the web server and the database server can be started/stopped/rebooted, server-side software can be installed plus much more. These things are not possible on a shared server, due to the fact that full root access is required and all the other clients on that server would be affected. Although SSH is used largely with UNIX-like Operating Systems, there are SSH clients for other OSs as well - Windows, Mac OS, and so forth.

SSH Telnet in Web Hosting

In case you have a web hosting account with our company and you want to manage your content remotely using SSH, you can receive SSH access to the account using your Hepsia Control Panel. If your package deal doesn't come with this feature as standard, you may add it with a couple of mouse clicks via the Upgrades menu. Inside the SSH section of the Control Panel, you will see the host, the port number and the username which you should use when you connect to the account. You could also pick what password you want to use, considering that it does not need to be the same as the one for your account. We have prepared a lot of Help articles in which you could find all of the commands that you will be able to use with a shared hosting plan, as well as examples of how they're used. Furthermore, if SSH access is enabled for your account, you'll be able to establish a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection via a standard client like FileZilla, for example.

SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Hosting

SSH access is included as standard with some of our semi-dedicated server packages, while with others you can include it from the hosting Control Panel if required - even only for the current month. Either way, you'll be able to activate and de-activate the feature with just one click from the SSH section of the CP. In the same place, you'll see the server name, the port number and the username required to connect to our platform. You'll also find a box in which you may input the password that you'd like to use, as it does not have to be the same as the one you use to log into the Control Panel. For better protection, you could also change it as frequently as you want. A full list of the commands that can be performed within a semi-dedicated account is provided in our Knowledge Base, alongside the syntax and a couple of instances. An extra feature after SSH access is activated will be the ability to connect to your hosting space via SFTP through any FTP client which supports this sort of connections.