When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you will have full control over it. In other words, you'll be able install any server-side application whatever the changes that it'll make to the software environment on your server, and you are able to both access and change any file, which includes system files, and modify various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to perform all these things and also to create other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. The connection can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you make a separate user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to set up software which may be required by some script-driven app that you want to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS

You are able to manage your new virtual private servers at the root level whatever the package which you have selected, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, or devoid of Control Panel at all. In the first case, a lot of system settings can be managed from an easy to work with web-based interface, while in the second, you will have to make everything through a console, unless you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. In either case, you will have full control over the VPS in addition to any system and custom content on it all the time, which makes this type of web hosting perfect for any application that you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the limited level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, etc. The final VPS Control Panel option is Hepsia, but the root access to your server is limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting

If you get one of the Linux dedicated hosting which we supply, you will have full root-level access and you can do anything that you are unable to do using a shared hosting account - to customize the server-side PHP settings, to set up frameworks or media streaming software, and the like. You may order the server with no web hosting Control Panel and do everything from a console, unless you set up some third-party tool, or you can order it with cPanel or DirectAdmin and use a web-based graphical interface to control your web sites and many system settings. In all 3 cases, you'll have full control of the server. The considerable amount of system resources that you'll receive makes our dedicated plans a great choice for any kind of content that you would like to have. The servers which are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are much easier to control, however the root access to such a machine will be restricted.