Secure Shell, commonly known as SSH, is a cryptographic network protocol used to execute commands on a remote hosting server or to exchange information between a website hosting server and a client. Due to the fact that the info exchanged by the 2 sides is encrypted, a 3rd party simply cannot intercept it, which makes SSH a favored means of handling a website hosting account. The commands that could be executed depend on the type of hosting service. On a shared server, for example, the options are limited because you won't have root access to the server, so you can simply create/move/delete files, create and unpack archives, export and import databases, etc. They're all actions which are performed in the shared hosting account and don't need a higher level of access. With a virtual or a dedicated server, you'll have the option to set up server-side software or to restart the hosting server or just a particular service (web server, database server, etc.). SSH commands are submitted with a command line, but if you don't use a UNIX-like OS, there are a lot of apps for other OSs, which you can employ to connect to the remote web server as well.
SSH Telnet in Shared Web Hosting
SSH access can be permitted with a click through the Hepsia Control Panel if the Linux shared web hosting plan you have chosen provides this function as standard. If not, you may include it through the Add Services/Upgrades section of your Control Panel and enable it instantly. You will find all the details that you need inside the SSH section of the Control Panel - the host, the port number and the username which you must use, as well as thorough Help articles where we have listed the commands that you can use within the account and examples of the syntax that you have to use. The SSH password may be changed from the same section anytime with a couple of clicks. Assuming that SSH access is enabled, you'll also be able to connect securely via an FTP client too. With an SFTP connection, each of the files which you upload shall go through an encrypted connection.
SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Servers
SSH access is available by default with some of our semi-dedicated server solutions, while with others you are able to include it from the hosting Control Panel if necessary - even only for the current month. In either case, you could activate and de-activate the function with just one click from the SSH section of the CP. In the same location, you will discover the server name, the port number and the username required to connect to our platform. You'll also find a box where you can easily type in the password that you would like to use, as it doesn't have to be the same as the one you use to log into the CP. For better security, you may also change it as much as you require. A full list of the commands which can be executed in a semi-dedicated account is supplied in our Knowledge Base, together with the syntax and a few instances. An extra feature after SSH access is activated shall be the ability to connect to your hosting space via SFTP through any FTP client which supports such connections.
SSH Telnet in VPS Servers
You shall be able to use SSH to manage your content regardless which VPS plans you select when you sign up, because all of our packages provide this function as standard. You will not have to add or allow anything by hand - the minute your web server is ready and you receive the Welcome email with the login information, you could connect and begin working on your Internet sites or any software that you want to set up and run on the web server. You shall have root-level access to the VPS and due to the fact that the account shall be separated from all the other accounts in the physical hosting server, you shall be able to do anything you need without any restrictions. You'll be able to set up any application which you need and that will work on a Linux-based web server, restart any software server (web, database, game, media, etc.) and manage your files and databases efficiently.