If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you will have full control over it. That is to say, you can install any server-side app whatever the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you'll be able to both access and update any kind of file, which includes system files, and modify various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do all these things and to create other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. This connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you make a separate user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to install software which may be needed by some script-driven app that you want to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

When you obtain a VPS servers from our company, you will have full root-level access in three cases - if the server includes no hosting Control Panel at all, or if you select cPanel or DirectAdmin throughout the order process. In the first case, you can modify each part of the system with a Secure Shell console, while in the second, you can still use SSH in order to connect and to make changes, however you will also have a graphical interface at your disposal to control your online content and the majority of the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server packages a very good choice when you want to run any kind of software that you are unable to set up in an ordinary shared hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you'll be able to connect through SSH and to take care of the content on the server, but the root access privileges will be more limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our plans you will select during the signup process. The exact same is valid if you decide not to install a Control Panel at all. Our servers will give you the possibility to run both really resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a standard shared hosting account and applications that have specific requirements as to what the program environment on your web hosting server needs to be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, as no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the abovementioned choices is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you get cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings along with your site content will be managed through a graphical interface. When you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will have a server with limited root access.