Secure Shell, commonly known as SSH, is a cryptographic network protocol used to execute commands on a remote server or to exchange information between a hosting server and a client. Since the data exchanged by the two sides is encoded, a third party simply cannot intercept it, which makes SSH a favored means of handling a website hosting account. The commands that can be executed depend on the type of hosting service. On a shared hosting server, for example, the options are limited as you simply won't have root access to the hosting server, so you can just create/move/delete files, set up and unpack archives, import and export databases, etc. They're all actions which are performed inside the shared hosting account and don't require a higher level of access. Using a virtual or a dedicated server, you will have the option to set up server-side software or to restart the hosting server or just a certain service (web server, database server, etc.). SSH commands are submitted through a command line, and if you don't use a UNIX-like Operating System, there are plenty of apps for other OSs, you can use to connect to the remote hosting server as well.
SSH Telnet in Cloud Website Hosting
In case you have a cloud website hosting account with our company and you'd like to deal with your content remotely via SSH, you can receive SSH access to the account via your Hepsia Control Panel. If your package deal doesn't provide this feature as standard, you can add it with a few clicks through the Upgrades menu. In the SSH section of the Control Panel, you will see the host, the port number and the username you should use when you connect to the account. You can even select what password you would want to use, given that it doesn't need to be the same as the one for your account. We have prepared several Help articles where you could find all of the commands that you will be able to use with a shared hosting plan, along with examples of how they're used. Also, if SSH access is enabled for your account, you'll be able to establish a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection via a standard client such as FileZilla, for instance.
SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Servers
SSH access is available as standard with some of our semi-dedicated server solutions, while with others you can include it from the hosting Control Panel if necessary - even only for the current month. In any case, you can activate and de-activate the feature with only one mouse click from the SSH section of the Control Panel. In the same location, you will discover the server name, the port number and the username needed to connect to our platform. You shall also find a box in which you can input the password that you'd like to use, because it doesn't need to be the same as the one you use to log into the CP. For better security, you may also change it as often as you require. A complete list of the commands which can be performed inside a semi-dedicated account is provided in our Knowledge Base, alongside the syntax and several instances. An extra feature after SSH access is activated shall be the ability to connect to your hosting space via SFTP using any FTP client that supports this kind of connections.
SSH Telnet in VPS Servers
If you obtain a new VPS server from our company, it shall offer full root access and you shall be able to connect to the server and to handle everything through an SSH console. The feature is included as standard with all packages, so you will not have to allow or upgrade anything. Your server will be set up shortly after you order it and the minute you receive the Welcome email with the login information, you can connect through the server’s main IP address and start working. Given that the VPS is a software emulation of a dedicated server and is isolated from the other accounts on the physical machine, there won't be any restrictions with regards to the commands that you can use. You will have full root access, so that you can install and run any application which can work on a Linux hosting server, manage files, folders and databases or start/stop/reboot your entire machine or any software running on it.