Secure Shell, commonly known as SSH, is a cryptographic network protocol that is used to execute commands on a remote server or to exchange info between a web server and a client. Since the info exchanged by the 2 sides is protected, a third party can't intercept it, which makes SSH a preferred means of managing a hosting account. The commands which can be executed depend on the type of hosting service. On a shared server, for instance, the choices are limited as you simply won't have root access to the web server, so you could only create/move/delete files, set up and unpack archives, export and import databases, etcetera. These are all actions which are executed inside the shared hosting account and don't need a higher level of access. Through a virtual or a dedicated server, you shall have the ability to install server-side software or to restart the server or just a particular service (web server, database server, etc.). SSH commands are submitted with a command line, and if you don't use a UNIX-like Operating System, there are tons of applications for other OSs, which you can use to connect to the remote server as well.
SSH Telnet in Shared Hosting
SSH access may be permitted with a click through the Hepsia Control Panel if the Linux shared hosting which you have picked provides this feature as standard. If not, you can include it through the Add Services/Upgrades section of your CP and enable it at once. You'll discover all the information you need in the SSH section of the CP - the host, the port number and the username that you need to use, as well as detailed Help articles in which we've listed each of the commands you can use in the account and examples of the syntax you have to use. The SSH password can be modified from the same section at any time with a couple of clicks. Assuming that SSH access is enabled, you will also be able to connect securely through an FTP client as well. With an SFTP connection, all the files that you upload shall go through an encrypted connection.