Creating an FTP account (cPanel)
There’s various different ways to access/edit your files on your hosting, such SSH, FTP or simply using the File Manager in the hosting control panel. This guide will show you how to setup an FTP account to access your hosting. 1. Login to your cPanel account. When you first set up…
SSH (Secure Shell) keys provide a secure way to access your server’s terminal without using passwords. Instead of typing a password each time, you authenticate with a cryptographic key pair. This improves security and convenience, especially for developers and administrators managing hosting environments. This guide explains: What SSH keys are…
What is the Hosts File? The hosts file tells your computer which IP address to use for a specific domain name, overriding public DNS. This is useful for testing a website on a new server before updating DNS publicly. Common use case: You’ve built a new website on our servers…
Using WinSCP FTP Client to upload/download files
1. Download an FTP Client. We would recommend using WinSCP, it’s one of the most popular FTP clients and it’s also free! https://winscp.net/eng/download.php Once you have installed WinSCP, we can look at getting connected to the server. We are going connect using your cPanel login credentials. When you first set…
Using FTP to upload/download files
1. Download an FTP Client. We would recommend using FileZilla, it’s one of the most popular FTP clients and it’s also free! https://filezilla-project.org Once you have installed FileZilla, we can look at getting connected to the server. We are going connect using your cPanel login credentials. When you first set up…