Secure Shell, commonly known as SSH, is a cryptographic network protocol that is used to execute commands on a remote web server or to exchange info between a website hosting server and a client. Because the info exchanged by the 2 sides is encoded, a 3rd party won't be able to intercept it, which makes SSH a favorite means of controlling a website hosting account. The commands that may be executed depend on the type of hosting service. On a shared web server, for instance, the possibilities are limited since you'll not have root access to the web server, so you may just create/move/delete files, set up and unpack archives, export and import databases, and so forth. They're all actions which are performed inside the shared hosting account and don't require a higher level of access. With a virtual or a dedicated server, you shall be able to set up server-side software or to restart the web server or just a specific service (web server, database server, etc.). SSH commands are submitted through a command line, but if you don't employ a UNIX-like OS, there are plenty of apps for other OSs, which you can use to connect to the remote web server as well.

SSH Telnet in Shared Website Hosting

In case you have a shared website hosting account with us and you want to handle your content remotely via SSH, you can easily receive SSH access to the account using your Hepsia Control Panel. If your package does not come with this feature as standard, you could add it with a couple of mouse clicks via the Upgrades menu. In the SSH section of the Control Panel, you shall see the host, the port number and the username that you need to use when you connect to the account. You can also pick what password you would like to use, since it does not have to be the same as the one for your account. We've prepared a lot of Help articles where you can find all of the commands that you'll be able to use with a shared hosting package, plus examples of how they're used. Also, if SSH access is permitted for your account, you shall be able to establish a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection using a standard client such as FileZilla, for instance.