When you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you will have full control over it. That is to say, you'll be able install any server-side application irrespective of the changes that it'll make to the software setting on the server, and you'll be able to both access and change any kind of file, including system files, and modify various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to do the aforementioned things and also to generate other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. The connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you create another user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you have to modify the server or to set up software which may be required by a script-driven application that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

You are able to take care of your new VPS servers at the root level whatever the plan that you have chosen, as long as the server is ordered with the cPanel web hosting Control Panel, or without any Control Panel at all. In the first case, a number of system settings can be managed through a user-friendly web-based interface, whereas in the second, you will need to make everything through a console, until you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. In either case, you will have full control over the VPS plus any system and / or custom content on it all of the time, which makes this kind of hosting perfect for any app that you cannot run with a shared web hosting account due to the limited degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The final VPS Control Panel option is Hepsia, but the root access to your server is limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

When you get one of the Linux dedicated web hosting plans which we offer, you'll have full root-level access and you'll be able to do anything that you are unable to do with a shared web hosting account - to modify the server-side PHP settings, to install frameworks or media streaming software, etc. You will be able to order the server without hosting Control Panel and do everything through a console, unless you set up a third-party instrument, or you can order it with cPanel and use a web-based graphical interface to control your sites and many system settings. In all 3 cases, you will have full control over the server. The tremendous amount of resources that you'll get makes our dedicated plans a great choice for any type of content that you'd like to have. The servers which are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are simpler to control, however the root access to such a machine will be restricted.