If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you will have full control of it. That is to say, you'll be able set up any server-side application irrespective of the changes that it will make to the software setting on the server, and you will be able to both access and modify any kind of file, including system files, and change any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform all these things and also to generate other users, including users who also have full privileges. This particular can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you create 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 that may be required by a script-driven app that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

You are able to control your new VPS servers at the root level regardless of the plan that you have selected, 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, a large number of system settings can be managed via an easy to navigate web-based interface, while in the second, you will need to do everything via a console, until you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. In either case, you'll have full control over the VPS in addition to any system and / or custom content on it at all times, which makes this kind of web hosting perfect for any application which you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the restricted level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The final VPS Control Panel alternative is Hepsia, yet the root access to your server is restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our plans you'll pick during the registration process. Exactly the same is valid when you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. All our servers will provide you with the possibility to run both very resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a standard shared website hosting account and apps which have particular requirements as to what the program environment on the hosting server needs to be. The latter is something that cannot be achieved on a shared machine, as no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the abovementioned solutions is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you acquire cPanel or DirectAdmin, the majority of system settings along with your web content can be managed via a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you'll get a server with restricted root access.