When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you will have full control of it. That is to say, you can install any server-side application whatever the changes that it'll make to the software environment on your server, and you'll be able to both access and change any kind of file, which includes system files, and modify various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform all these things and to create other users, including users who also have full privileges. This connection can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you make another user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to set up software which may be required by a script-driven application that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Web Hosting

You can take care of your new virtual private servers at the root level whatever the plan which you've selected, 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, multiple system settings can be controlled through an easy to navigate web-based interface, whereas in the second, you will need to make everything via a console, until 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 / or custom content on it at all times, which makes this type of hosting perfect for any application which you cannot run with a shared web hosting account due to the restricted degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, etc. The final VPS Control Panel alternative is Hepsia, yet the root access to your server will be restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers Hosting

If you pick the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you will pick throughout the registration process. Exactly the same is valid when you decide not to add a Control Panel at all. All our servers provide you with the option to run both very resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a standard shared website hosting account and apps which have particular requirements as to what the program environment on the server needs to be. The latter is something that cannot be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned solutions is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the 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 will get a server with limited root access.