SSH, which is an abbreviation for Secure Shell, is a network protocol which is used to transfer encrypted info between a client and a website hosting server, making it impossible for unauthorized parties to intercept any data. Many tech-savvy customers opt for SSH mainly because of the improved level of security. The connection is established and the commands are sent via a command line. The available options depend on the type of hosting service - on a shared server, in particular, files may be relocated or deleted, databases may be imported and exported, and archives may be set up or unpacked. On a virtual or a dedicated server, your choices are much more - the web server and the database server can be started/stopped/rebooted, server-side software may be set up and a lot more. These things are not possible on a shared server, due to the fact that full root access is required and all the other customers on that server would be affected. Even though SSH is used mainly with UNIX-like OSs, there are SSH clients for other OSs as well - Windows, Mac OS, etc.

SSH Telnet in Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting account with us and you want to handle your content remotely through SSH, you can easily obtain SSH access to the account using your Hepsia Control Panel. If your plan doesn't offer this feature by default, you may add it with several clicks through the Upgrades menu. Inside the SSH section of the CP, you shall see the host, the port number and the username that you should use when you connect to the account. You can even choose what password you would want to use, given that it does not need to be the same as the one for the account. We've prepared numerous Help articles where you could find all of the commands you will be able to use with a shared hosting plan, along with examples of how they're used. Moreover, if SSH access is enabled for your account, you shall be able to establish a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection via a standard client like FileZilla, for example.

SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Servers

SSH access is available as standard with some of our semi-dedicated server packages, while with others you could add it from the hosting Control Panel if necessary - even only for the current month. Either way, you are able to activate and de-activate the function with only one mouse click via the SSH section of the Control Panel. In the same location, you'll discover the server name, the port number and the username required to connect to our platform. You'll also find a box where you could type in the password that you'd like to use, as it doesn't have to be the same as the one you use to log into the Control Panel. For better security, you can also change it as much as you want. The full list of the commands which can be executed within a semi-dedicated account is available in our Knowledge Base, together with the syntax and a number of examples. An extra function after SSH access is allowed shall be the ability to connect to your hosting space via SFTP through any FTP client that supports this type of connections.