SSH, which is an abbreviation for Secure Shell, is a network protocol employed to exchange encrypted information between a client and a hosting server, making it impossible for unauthorized parties to intercept any data. Many tech-savvy clients choose SSH mainly because of the higher security level. The connection is established and the commands are delivered via a command line. The offered options depend on the type of Internet hosting service - on a shared server, in particular, files can be relocated or deleted, databases can be imported and exported, and archives could be set up or unpacked. On a virtual or a dedicated server, your choices are a lot more - the web server and the database server may be started/stopped/rebooted, server-side software may be installed plus much more. These things are not possible on a shared server, since full root access is needed and all the other customers on that server would be affected. Although SSH is used largely with UNIX-like Operating Systems, there are SSH clients for other OSs as well - Windows, Mac OS, and so forth.
SSH Telnet in Cloud Website Hosting
SSH access is offered with all Linux cloud website hosting we offer you. With some of them, it is included as standard, while with others it's an optional upgrade which you can include with just a few mouse clicks in your website hosting CP. You can get SSH access from the section dedicated to it where you shall also find the details that you need to connect - the host, the port number and the username. You will be able to pick the password that you'll use and, if necessary, you shall be able to change it with several clicks from the same place. All the commands which could be used with our shared plans are listed inside a help article alongside relevant instances. If the SSH access function is enabled for your account, you shall also be able to upload files using your preferred FTP client via an SFTP connection.