SSH, which is an abbreviation for Secure Shell, is a network protocol employed to exchange encrypted info between a client and a server, which makes it impossible for unauthorized parties to intercept any information. Many tech-savvy clients prefer SSH because of the better security level. The connection is created and the commands are sent via a command line. The accessible options depend on the type of web hosting service - on a shared server, for example, files could be relocated or deleted, databases could be imported and exported, and archives may be set up or unpacked. On a virtual or a dedicated server, your choices are a lot more - the web server and the database server can be started/stopped/rebooted, server-side software could be installed plus much more. These things aren't possible on a shared server, since full root access is required and all the other customers on that server will be affected. Although SSH is used predominantly with UNIX-like OSs, there are SSH clients for other OSs as well - Windows, Mac OS, and so on.

SSH Telnet in Shared Web Hosting

In case you have a shared web hosting account with our company and you'd like to deal with your content remotely through SSH, you could get SSH access to the account via your Hepsia Control Panel. If your plan does not include this feature by default, you could add it with several mouse clicks from the Upgrades menu. Inside the SSH section of the Control Panel, you'll see the host, the port number and the username that you need to use when you connect to the account. You could also choose what password you would like to use, as it doesn't have to be the same as the one for your account. We have prepared a lot of Help articles in which you can easily find each of the commands you will be able to use with a shared hosting package, as well as examples of how they are used. Additionally, if SSH access is enabled for your account, you shall be able to establish a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection using a standard client like FileZilla, for instance.

SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Servers

SSH access is provided by default with some of our semi-dedicated server plans, while with others you will be able to include it through the hosting Control Panel if required - even only for the current month. In any case, you'll be able to activate and de-activate the feature with only one click from the SSH section of the CP. In the same location, you will see the server name, the port number and the username required to connect to our platform. You shall also find a box in which you may enter the password that you'd like to use, because it does not have 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 want. The full list of the commands which can be executed inside a semi-dedicated account is available in our Knowledge Base, alongside the syntax and a couple of examples. An extra feature after SSH access is activated shall be the ability to connect to your hosting space via SFTP through any FTP client that supports such connections.

SSH Telnet in VPS Servers

If you buy a new VPS server from us, it'll offer full root access and you'll be able to connect to the server and to manage everything via an SSH console. The function is included by default with all package deals, so you will not have to activate or upgrade anything. Your hosting server shall be set up soon after you get it and the minute you get the Welcome e mail with the login info, you can connect via the server’s primary IP address and begin working. Because the VPS is a software emulation of a dedicated server and is separated from the other accounts within the physical machine, there will be no restrictions with regards to the commands which you can use. You shall have full root access, so that you may install and run any app which can work on a Linux machine, manage files, folders and databases or start/stop/reboot the whole machine or any software operating on it.