When you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you'll have full control over it. In other words, 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 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 do all these things and to create other users, which includes 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 make another user for your daily work and use the root user only when you need to modify the server or to install software that may be needed by some script-driven application that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

Our VPS servers include different levels of access, so as to give you the option to pick the one you need, depending on your level of experience and on what you will need the server for. When you acquire a VPS without Control Panel, you will have full root-level access and you'll manage everything through a console, unless you install a third-party instrument. The servers that are ordered with the cPanel web hosting Control Panel also include full root access, but most of the things which are linked to your online content can be performed with a graphical interface and not a console. You're able to set up various frameworks or media streaming software, for instance, without any problems. If you get your virtual hosting server with the Hepsia Control Panel, you may still use a Secure Shell console to connect, but the root access is reduced. Yet, the Hepsia-equipped servers are the easiest to take care of.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

When you choose the cPanel web hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our plans you'll select during the signup process. Exactly the same is valid if you choose not to get a Control Panel at all. All our servers will give you the possibility to run both really resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a standard shared website hosting account and apps which have certain requirements as to what the software environment on your hosting server has to be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, since no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned alternatives is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, while if you get cPanel, most of the system settings as well as your web content will be managed through a graphical interface. If you select Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will have a server with limited root access.