SSH, which is an abbreviation for Secure Shell, is a network protocol that's used to exchange encoded data between a client and a hosting server, which makes it impossible for unauthorized parties to intercept any information. Many tech-savvy clients favor SSH because of the higher level of security. The connection is established and the commands are delivered using a command line. The accessible options depend on the type of hosting service - on a shared server, for example, files can be moved or deleted, databases could be imported and exported, and archives may be set up or unpacked. On a virtual or a dedicated server, your options are considerably more - the web server and the database server can be started/stopped/rebooted, server-side software can be installed and much more. These things are not possible on a shared server, because full root access is needed and all the other clients on that server shall be affected. While SSH is employed predominantly with UNIX-like OSs, there are SSH clients for other OSs too - Windows, Mac OS, etc.

SSH Telnet in Shared Hosting

If you have a shared hosting account with our company and you'd like to manage your content remotely using SSH, you may obtain SSH access to the account via your Hepsia Control Panel. If your plan does not include this feature as standard, you can easily add it with several mouse clicks from the Upgrades menu. In the SSH section of the Control Panel, you'll see the host, the port number and the username that you should use when you connect to the account. You can even pick what password you would want to use, as it does not have to be the same as the one for your account. We've prepared a number of Help articles in which you can find all of the commands that you'll be able to use with a shared hosting plan, plus examples of how they are used. Furthermore, if SSH access is allowed for your account, you will be able to establish a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection using a standard client such as FileZilla, for instance.

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 a click from the corresponding section of the Hepsia hosting CP, provided with all accounts. If your package doesn't support this function by default, you'll be able to include it without difficulty through the Upgrades menu. When you go to the SSH section, you will discover the details that you need to connect to the server via a command line or a desktop application - the server/host, the port number, the username and the password. The latter can be updated at any time, if required. These login credentials are also essential if you'd like to upload files via a secure connection and you wish 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 provide you with a better idea of what tasks you can perform within your account and each is accompanied by several instances of the syntax.