When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you will have full control over it. In other words, you can install any server-side app irrespective of 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, which includes system files, and modify various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things and to make 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 safety reasons, it's recommended that you create a separate user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to install software that may be needed by some script-driven app that you want 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 package that you have chosen, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, or with no Control Panel at all. In the first case, multiple system settings can be controlled via an easy to navigate web-based interface, while in the second, you'll need to do everything via a console, until you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS plus any system or custom content on it all of the time, that makes this kind of website hosting perfect for any application that you can't run with a shared web hosting account because of the restricted degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The last VPS Control Panel alternative is Hepsia, yet the root access to your server is limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our packages you will pick throughout the registration process. The same is valid when you choose not to add a Control Panel at all. Our servers will give you the chance to run both really resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a standard shared website hosting account and apps which have specific requirements as to what the program environment on your web hosting server needs to be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the abovementioned choices is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, the majority of system settings along with your site content will be managed via a graphical interface. If you select Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you'll receive a server with restricted root access.