When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it means that you will have full control over it. That is to say, you can set up any server-side app irrespective of the changes that it will make to the software setting 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 the aforementioned things as well as to make other users, which includes 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's recommended that you make another user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to modify the server or to set up software that may be required by some script-driven application that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

You're able to control your new VPS servers at the root level regardless of the plan that you've picked, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, or without any Control Panel at all. In the first case, a number of system settings can be controlled through an easy to work with web-based interface, while in the second, you'll have to make everything via a console, until you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you'll have full control over the VPS as well as any system and custom content on it all of the time, which makes this kind of web hosting perfect for any application which 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 many others. 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

When you get one of the Linux dedicated service which we offer, you'll have full root-level access and you can do anything that you are unable to do using a shared hosting account - to update the server-side PHP settings, to install frameworks or media streaming software, etc. You'll be able to order the server without any website hosting Control Panel and do everything through a console, unless you set up a third-party instrument, 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'll have complete control over the server. The significant amount of system resources that you will receive makes our dedicated plans a great choice for any type of content that you'd like to have. The servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are much easier to manage, but the root access to such a server will be restricted.