If you have root-level access to a server, it means that you'll have full control of it. In other words, you'll be able set up any server-side application regardless of the changes that it will make to the software setting on the server, and you can both access and change any file, which includes system files, and modify any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do the aforementioned things and to make other users, including users that also have full privileges. This connection can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you make one more user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to set up software that may be required by a script-driven app that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

You're able to take care of your new VPS servers at the root level regardless of the plan that you have picked, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, or devoid of Control Panel at all. In the first case, a lot of system settings can be managed from an intuitive web-based interface, whereas in the second, you'll need to make everything using a console, until you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS plus any system and custom content on it at all times, which makes this kind of website hosting perfect for any application which you cannot run with a shared web hosting account because of the limited degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The final VPS Control Panel choice is Hepsia, yet the root access to your server is restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

In case you select the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our plans you will select throughout the signup process. The very same is valid if you choose not to get a Control Panel at all. All our servers will provide you with the possibility to run both really resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a standard shared web hosting account and applications which have particular requirements as to what the software environment on the web hosting server needs to be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, since no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the aforementioned options is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, while if you get cPanel or DirectAdmin, most system settings and your site content will be controlled through a graphical interface. If you select Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will receive a server with restricted root access.