Secure Shell, commonly known as SSH, is a cryptographic network protocol used to execute commands on a remote web server or to exchange information between a web server and a client. Due to the fact that the information exchanged by the 2 sides is encrypted, a third party won't be able to intercept it, which makes SSH a preferred means of handling a web hosting account. The commands that can be executed depend on the type of hosting service. On a shared hosting server, in particular, the choices are limited because you shall not have root access to the machine, so you could simply create/move/delete files, create and unpack archives, export and import databases, and so on. They're all actions which are executed in the shared hosting account and don't need a higher level of access. Using a virtual or a dedicated server, you will be able to set up server-side software or to restart the hosting server or only a certain service (web server, database server, etc.). SSH commands are submitted via a command line, and if you do not use a UNIX-like OS, there are a variety of apps for other OSs, that you can employ to connect to the remote hosting server as well.

SSH Telnet in Cloud Web Hosting

When you have a cloud web hosting account with us and you want to manage your content remotely through SSH, you can easily get SSH access to the account via your Hepsia Control Panel. If your package does not offer this feature by default, you may add it with a few mouse clicks through the Upgrades menu. Within 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 could also pick what password you would like to use, since it doesn't need to be the same as the one for your account. We have prepared a number of Help articles where you can find all of the commands that you'll be able to use with a shared hosting package, along with examples of how they're used. Furthermore, if SSH access is allowed for your account, you will be able to establish a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection through a standard client such as FileZilla, for example.