SSH, which is an abbreviation for Secure Shell, is a network protocol that is used to exchange encoded info between a client and a hosting server, which makes it impossible for unauthorized parties to intercept any data. Many tech-savvy customers prefer SSH due to the better security level. The connection is established and the commands are delivered through a command line. The available options depend on the type of web hosting service - on a shared server, for example, files may be moved or deleted, databases could be imported and exported, and archives could be set up or unpacked. On a virtual or a dedicated server, your options are a lot more - the web server and the database server could be started/stopped/rebooted, server-side software could be installed plus much more. These things are not possible on a shared server, since full root access is needed and all the other customers on that server would be affected. Though SSH is employed mainly with UNIX-like OSs, there are SSH clients for other OSs too - Windows, Mac OS, and so forth.

SSH Telnet in Cloud Hosting

SSH access can be allowed with a mouse click through the Hepsia Control Panel if the cloud plan that you've picked includes this function as standard. If not, you could include it from the Add Services/Upgrades section of your CP and enable it at once. You'll find all the details which you need inside the SSH section of the Control Panel - the host, the port number and the username which you need to use, as well as thorough Help articles where we have listed all the commands that you can use inside the account and examples of the syntax which you have use. The SSH password may be modified from the same section at any time with several mouse clicks. Provided that SSH access is enabled, you shall also be able to connect securely using an FTP client too. With an SFTP connection, all of the files you upload shall go through an encrypted connection.

SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you have a semi-dedicated server account with us, you'll be able to obtain SSH access to it with simply a mouse click from the corresponding section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with all accounts. If your plan doesn't support this function by default, you'll be able to add it easily using the Upgrades menu. After you go to the SSH section, you'll discover the info that you need to connect to the server using a command line or a desktop app - the server/host, the port number, the username and the password. The latter can be updated at any time, if needed. These login credentials are also required if you'd like to upload files via a secure connection and you would like to use SFTP, which is also part of the SSH access service which we offer you. A detailed list of the commands you can execute will offer you a better idea of what tasks you could perform within your account and each is accompanied by several instances of the syntax.