SSH, which is an abbreviation for Secure Shell, is a network protocol that is used to transfer encoded info between a client and a website hosting server, which makes it impossible for unauthorized parties to intercept any data. Many tech-savvy clients favor SSH because of the better security level. The connection is created and the commands are delivered via a command line. The offered options depend on the type of web hosting service - on a shared server, for instance, files could be relocated or deleted, databases could be imported and exported, and archives could be created or unpacked. On a virtual or a dedicated server, your options are much more - the web server and the database server may be started/stopped/rebooted, server-side software could be installed and a lot more. These things are not possible on a shared server, because full root access is required and all the other customers on that server will be affected. Although SSH is used mainly with UNIX-like Operating Systems, there are SSH clients for other OSs too - 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 would like to manage your content remotely using SSH, you can obtain SSH access to the account using your Hepsia Control Panel. If your package does not come with this feature as standard, you may add it with several mouse clicks through the Upgrades menu. Inside the SSH section of the CP, you'll see the host, the port number and the username that you should use when you connect to the account. You may also pick what password you want to use, since it doesn't need to be the same as the one for the account. We've prepared a number of Help articles where you could find each of the commands that you will be able to use with a shared hosting package, as well as examples of how they're used. Also, if SSH access is permitted for your account, you shall be able to establish a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection by using a standard client like FileZilla, for example.