SSH, or Secure Shell, is a network protocol used to connect to a server and perform different tasks using a command line. The protocol is preferred by many knowledgeable users, because the data transmitted over it is encrypted, so it cannot be intercepted on the way by a third party. SSH access could be used for a variety of things based on the type of website hosting account. With a shared hosting account, in particular, SSH is among the ways to import/export a database or to upload a file in case the web server allows it. If you have a virtual or a dedicated server, SSH may be used for pretty much everything - you could install software or restart specific services such as the web server or the database server which run on the machine. SSH is used mostly with UNIX-like Operating Systems, but there are clients which allow you to use the protocol if your laptop or computer is using a different OS as well. The connection is made on TCP port 22 by default and the remote server always listens for incoming connections on that port though many providers change it for security reasons.
SSH Telnet in Shared Hosting
SSH access can be enabled with a mouse click via the Hepsia Control Panel if the Linux shared hosting you have selected includes this function by default. If not, you may include it via the Add Services/Upgrades section of your CP and enable it right away. You'll find all the information that you need within the SSH section of the Control Panel - the host, the port number and the username that you need to use, alongside comprehensive Help articles in which we have listed each of the commands that you can use within the account and examples of the syntax you have to use. The SSH password can be changed from the exact same section anytime with a couple of clicks. Assuming that SSH access is enabled, you shall also be able to connect safely using an FTP client as well. With an SFTP connection, all the files that you upload shall go through an encrypted connection.
SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Servers
All our semi-dedicated server accounts provide the possibility to access and handle them using SSH. If the package that you have picked comes with this feature by default, you just need to activate the SSH access feature using the corresponding section of the Hepsia Control Panel. If the function is listed as an additional upgrade, you are able to quickly add it using the Add Services/Upgrades link within the Hepsia CP and it shall be available within a minute. We have a variety of help articles and instructional videos about the use of SSH commands to manage your account and a full list of the commands you can execute along with a number of examples to provide you with a better understanding of what you can do. If SSH is enabled, you shall also be able to create an SFTP connection to the account and to upload files safely and securely through any FTP application which supports the function.
SSH Telnet in VPS Servers
You'll be able to use SSH to control your content irrespective of which VPS servers you pick when you sign up, since all of our packages offer this feature by default. You will not have to include or enable anything manually - the moment your server is ready and you get the Welcome email with the login information, you may connect and begin working on your sites or any software that you want to install and run on the server. You will have root-level access to the VPS and because the account shall be separated from all of the other accounts within the physical server, you'll be able to do anything you want without any restrictions. You'll be able to set up any application you require and which shall work on a Linux-based hosting server, reboot any software server (web, database, game, media, etc.) and work with your files and databases efficiently.