SSH, or Secure Shell, is a network protocol used to connect to a web server and execute various tasks using a command line. The protocol is employed by many knowledgeable users, for the reason that the data transmitted over it is encrypted, so it can't be intercepted on the way by a 3rd party. SSH access can be used for a number of things with regards to the type of hosting account. With a shared hosting account, for example, SSH is among the ways to import/export a database or to upload a file in case the website hosting server permits it. When you have a virtual or a dedicated server, SSH can be used for just about anything - you may install software or restart certain services including the web server or the database server which run on the machine. SSH is employed primarily with UNIX-like Operating Systems, but there are clients that allow you to employ the protocol if your computer system is running a different Operating System as well. The connection is made on TCP port 22 by default and the remote web server always listens for incoming connections on that port even though a number of providers change it for security reasons.

SSH Telnet in Shared Web Hosting

SSH access is featured with all shared web hosting that we offer you. With some of them, it's featured as standard, while with others it's an additional upgrade you can add with several mouse clicks from your website hosting Control Panel. You can get SSH access through the section dedicated to it in which you shall also find the details which you need to connect - the host, the port number and the username. You can pick the password that you shall use and, if needed, you'll be able to modify it with a few mouse clicks from the same spot. All the commands that may be used with our shared plans are listed inside a help article along with relevant examples. If the SSH access function is permitted for your account, you shall also be able to upload files through your favorite FTP client via an SFTP connection.

SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Servers

All our semi-dedicated server accounts provide you with the possibility to access and handle them through SSH. If the plan you have selected includes this function by default, you just need to enable the SSH access function via the corresponding section of the Hepsia Control Panel. If the function is listed as an optional upgrade, you could quickly include it through the Add Services/Upgrades link in the Hepsia CP and it shall be available within a minute. We have a variety of help articles and video tutorials concerning the use of SSH commands to handle your account and an entire list of the commands you can execute along with several examples to offer you a better perception of what you can do. If SSH is active, you will also be able to create an SFTP connection to the account and to upload data safely via any FTP application which supports the function.