Secure Shell, also known as SSH, is a cryptographic network protocol employed to execute commands on a remote machine or to exchange info between a server and a client. Since the info exchanged by the 2 sides is protected, a 3rd party simply cannot intercept it, which makes SSH a favored means of handling an Internet hosting account. The commands that may be executed are determined by the type of hosting service. On a shared server, for instance, the possibilities are limited since you'll not have root access to the server, so you may just create/move/delete files, set up and unpack archives, export and import databases, and so forth. They're all actions which are executed in the shared hosting account and do not need a higher level of access. Using a virtual or a dedicated server, you will have the ability to set up server-side software or to restart the server or only a certain service (web server, database server, etc.). SSH commands are submitted with a command line, but if you do not use a UNIX-like OS, there are plenty of applications for other OSs, which you can use to connect to the remote web server as well.

SSH Telnet in Shared Website Hosting

SSH access may be enabled with a click through the Hepsia Control Panel if the Linux shared website hosting package that you have selected provides this function as standard. If not, you can add it from the Add Services/Upgrades section of your CP and enable it instantly. You will discover all the details that you need inside the SSH section of the CP - the host, the port number and the username that you have to use, alongside thorough Help articles in which we have listed each of the commands which you can use within the account and examples of the syntax which you have use. The SSH password can be modified from the very same section anytime with a couple of clicks. Assuming that SSH access is enabled, you shall also be able to connect securely using an FTP client as well. With an SFTP connection, each of the files that you upload shall go through an encrypted connection.