If you’re the owner of virtual private server or dedicated server user, you must have heard of SSH, the command prompt version for Linux users. Shell access will not provided for shared hosting users due security reasons, but some provider may offer this for additional charges.
Well, what is SSH? what can we do with SSH by the way? And how to login to SSH?
There are couple of ways that may able for you to access shell of the web server, and SSH (Secure SHell) will provide best security when accessing a server remotely. SSH is for advanced users.
It’s surely the freedom of web hosting where you can access the entire web hosting part with SSH. You can easily copy, move, change permissions, transfer from another server, edit files, install, remove programs, scripts, and lots of task with a simple command. For example, installing certain scripts may require “php_flag register globals 1″ and you need to edit your “php.ini” files via SSH. Also, importing Wordpress database can be increase up to 32MB of import upload (basically 2MB) by editing the same “php.ini” file.
How to login the SSH? But first, you must make sure that you have the permission of running SSH on your web server by asking your web provider. You may use a software called Putty. Download and install the software. Run the program with your current IP address and use port 22. Open up and run command prompt.
There, you’ll be asked for username and password:
login as: (type in your username and click enter)
username@1.1.1.1’s password: (type in your username and click enter)
The command will appear:
Last login: Day Date Time from 1.1.1.1 (Your Ip address is assumed to be 1.1.1.1)
username@servername [~] # :
Okay, this is where you can start will all the command! And let me share with you all the basic commands. Here’s are what frequently used:
cd /anylocation/anydirectory- CD to access the directory, followed by the location you want to open.
ls - LS to see what’s inside the directory.
mv /anylocation/anydirectory/ - MV to move files, followed by the location of you want to migrate.
piko /anylocation/anyfiles - open and edit files (text editor), suchs editing php.ini files.
nano /anylocation/anyfiles - open and edit files (text editor), suchs editing php.ini files.
chmod 0666 anyfiles - Used to CHMOD or set permissions of any files or directories. 0666 is the permission for “read/write” for users, and “read” for others. 0444 is the most secured. You must CD first to the location before using CHMOD command.
exit/logout - The command to exit.
There are lots more command suchs MKDIR, RM, CHOWN, and more. What listed here was the real basic introductional one. If you’re an expert, how about adding more commands by leaving me comments. Also, If you’re looking for other commands, leave me comments. Visit The Web Hosting Blog if you’re surely interested of learning more about Cpanel/WHM/SSH and all it takes to learn about web hosting. Thank you.
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