When you have root-level access to a server, it indicates that you'll have full control of it. That is to say, you can install any server-side app regardless of the changes that it will make to the software setting on your server, and you are able to both access and customize any file, which includes system files, and change any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do the aforementioned things as well as to create other users, including users that also have full privileges. This connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it is recommended that you create one more user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you have to modify the server or to set up software that may be needed by some script-driven app that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS

If you acquire a virtual private servers from us, you'll have full root-level access in 3 cases - if the server includes no web hosting Control Panel at all, or if you select cPanel or DirectAdmin during the order process. In the first case, you'll be able to modify each part of the system using a Secure Shell console, whereas in the second, you'll still be able to use SSH in order to connect and to make changes, yet you'll also have a graphical interface accessible to take care of your world wide web content and most of the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server packages an excellent choice in case you need to run any software that you cannot set up in a regular shared website hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you will be able to connect via SSH and to manage the content on your hosting server, yet the root access privileges will be more limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting

If you get one of the Linux dedicated servers hosting packages that we offer, you will have full root-level access and you'll be able to do anything that you can't do using a shared hosting account - to update the server-side PHP settings, to set up frameworks or media streaming software, etc. You will be able to order the server without website hosting Control Panel and do everything through a console, unless you install some third-party tool, or you can order it with cPanel or DirectAdmin and use a web-based graphical interface to manage your web sites and many system settings. In all 3 cases, you will have complete control over the server. The tremendous amount of system resources which you'll have makes our dedicated plans the best choice for any kind of content that you would like to have. The servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are simpler to maintain, still the root access to such a server is limited.