SSH, or Secure Shell, is a network protocol which is used to connect to a web server and execute different tasks via a command line. The protocol is employed by many experienced users, as the data transmitted over it is encrypted, so it cannot be intercepted on the way by a third party. SSH access may be used for a number of things with regards to the type of website hosting account. With a shared hosting account, for example, SSH is among the ways to import/export a database or to upload a file in case the website hosting server allows for it. If you have a virtual or a dedicated server, SSH can be used for pretty much everything - you may install software or restart specific services like the web server or the database server that run on the machine. SSH is employed largely with UNIX-like Systems, but there are clients that permit you to use the protocol if your PC is working with a different Operating System as well. The connection is established on TCP port 22 by default and the remote hosting server always listens for incoming connections on that port even though a lot of service providers change it for security reasons.

SSH Telnet in Shared Website Hosting

SSH access is offered with all shared website hosting which we offer you. With some of them, it is included as standard, while with others it's an additional upgrade you can include with a few mouse clicks from your web hosting CP. You can obtain SSH access from the section related to it in which you will also find the details which you need to connect - the host, the port number and the username. You may select the password which you'll use and, if needed, you shall be able to modify it with several clicks from the same spot. All of the commands which may be used with our shared packages are listed inside a help article along with relevant instances. If the SSH access feature is enabled for your account, you will also be able to upload files through your favorite FTP client via an SFTP connection.

SSH Telnet in Semi-dedicated Hosting

SSH access is offered by default with some of our semi-dedicated server solutions, while with others you are able to add it from the hosting CP if needed - even just for the current month. In either case, you could activate and de-activate the feature with just one click through the SSH section of the Control Panel. In the same spot, 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 can enter the password you want to use, because it does not need 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 need. A complete list of the commands that can be performed in a semi-dedicated account is supplied in our Knowledge Base, alongside the syntax and several examples. An extra function after SSH access is allowed shall be the ability to connect to your hosting space via SFTP through any FTP client which supports such connections.

SSH Telnet in VPS Web Hosting

You shall be able to use SSH to control your content irrespective of which Linux VPS web hosting packages you pick when you sign up, due to the fact that all our packages come with this feature by default. You won't have to include or activate anything manually - immediately after your website hosting server is prepared and you get the Welcome email with the login info, you can connect and start working on your sites or any software that you want to set up and run on the web server. You will have root-level access to the VPS and due to the fact that the account will be isolated from the other accounts in the physical web server, you will be able to do anything you want without any restrictions. You can set up any application you require and which will run on a Linux-based machine, reboot any software server (web, database, game, media, etc.) and handle your files and databases efficiently.