Ssh

For a general description of ssh, we recommend Secure Shell on Wikipedia.

Summary

Active eZ publish installation on a remove server requires secure shell (ssh) access.

While a few have found or created hacks / workarounds to avoid this requirement.

eZ publish development is most effective on a server offering ssh access.

Best Practices

• No password prompt based authentication
• Remote command execution via ssh

Software

• ssh terminal client - ssh
• ssh terminal client - putty
• sftp client - winscp
• sftp client - filezilla

External references

• Article: eZ publish performance best practices - going live
• Forum: Running eZ publish scripts on Windows via the command line
• Forum: eZ publish and SSH related recommendation
• Forum: Problems running runcronjobs php