SSH, or Secure Shell, is a network protocol that's used to connect to a web server and perform different tasks through a command line. The protocol is used by many experienced users, for the reason that the information transmitted over it is encrypted, so it cannot be intercepted on the way by a 3rd party. SSH access could be employed for a variety of things depending on the type of hosting account. With a shared hosting account, in particular, SSH is among the ways to import/export a database or to upload a file when the web server allows for it. In case you have a virtual or a dedicated server, SSH may be used for just about everything - you can install software or restart particular services such as the web server or the database server that run on the machine. SSH is used typically with UNIX-like Platforms, but there are clients which allow you to employ the protocol if your laptop or computer is using a different OS too. The connection is established on TCP port 22 by default and the remote web server always listens for incoming connections on that port although a number of providers change it for security reasons.

SSH Telnet in Cloud Website Hosting

In case you have a cloud website hosting account with us and you'd like to manage your content remotely using SSH, you may get SSH access to the account via your Hepsia Control Panel. If your plan doesn't offer this feature as standard, you can easily add it with several 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 should use when you connect to the account. You may also choose what password you would want to use, since it doesn't have to be the same as the one for your account. We have prepared a lot of Help articles where you may find all of the commands that you'll be able to use with a shared hosting package, plus examples of how they're used. Additionally, if SSH access is permitted for your account, you'll be able to establish a Secure FTP (SFTP) connection using a standard client such as FileZilla, for example.