SSH, or Secure Shell, is a network protocol that is used to connect to a web server and conduct various tasks via a command line. The protocol is employed by many experienced users, as the info transmitted over it is encrypted, so it may not be intercepted on the way by a 3rd party. SSH access may be used for a variety of things with regards to the type of hosting account. With a shared hosting account, for instance, SSH is among the ways to import/export a database or to upload a file in case the website hosting server permits it. When you have a virtual or a dedicated server, SSH may be used for pretty much anything - you can install software or restart certain services such as the web server or the database server that run on the machine. SSH is used mainly with UNIX-like Operating Systems, but there are clients that allow you to employ the protocol if your laptop or computer is using a different Operating System too. The connection is created on TCP port 22 by default and the remote server always listens for incoming connections on that port even though lots of service providers change it for security reasons.
SSH Telnet in Shared Hosting
SSH access is featured with all shared hosting which we provide. With some of them, it is included as standard, while with others it is an optional upgrade you can add with a few clicks in your website hosting Control Panel. You can get SSH access from the section related to it in which you will also find the info you need to connect - the host, the port number and the username. You can select the password which you'll use and, if required, you shall be able to change it with a couple of clicks from the same location. All of the commands that could be used with our shared plans are listed within a help article together with relevant examples. If the SSH access feature is permitted for your account, you shall also be able to upload files using your favorite FTP client via an SFTP connection.
SSH Telnet in VPS Hosting
You shall be able to use SSH to manage your content irrespective of which Linux virtual private servers you select when you sign up, due to the fact that all of our packages provide this function by default. You'll not need to include or allow anything manually - the minute your hosting server is ready and you receive the Welcome e mail with the login details, you can connect and start working on your Internet sites or any software that you would like to install and run on the web server. You shall have root-level access to the VPS and due to the fact that the account shall be separated from all of the other accounts within the physical server, you will be able to do anything you'd like without any restrictions. You'll be able to install any app you need and that will work on a Linux-based web server, restart any software server (web, database, game, media, etc.) and manage your files and databases efficiently.