If you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you will have full control over it. That is to say, you can set up any server-side application no matter what the changes that it will make to the software environment on the server, and you'll be able to both access and customize any file, including system files, and change any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to do all these things and also to make other users, including users that also have full privileges. The connection can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it is recommended that you make one more user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software which may be required by a script-driven application that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

You are able to control your new VPS servers at the root level whatever the plan which you have chosen, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, or with no Control Panel at all. In the first case, a lot of system settings can be managed through an easy to use web-based interface, while 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 all the time, which makes this type of web hosting perfect for any app that you can't run with a shared web hosting account because of the restricted level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and many others. The final VPS Control Panel option is Hepsia, however the root access to your server will be restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you pick the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our plans you will choose throughout the signup process. The very same is valid if you decide not to use a Control Panel at all. Our servers will give you the possibility to run both very resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a standard shared web hosting account and apps that have particular requirements as to what the program environment on your website hosting server should be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned alternatives is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most system settings as well as your site content can be managed through a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll get a server with limited root access.