If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you'll have full control over it. In other words, you can set up any server-side app whatever the changes that it will make to the software environment on the server, and you can both access and modify any file, which includes system files, and modify any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to do the aforementioned things and also to create other users, which includes users that also have full privileges. This particular can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you make a different user for your daily work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software that may be needed by a script-driven app that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Hosting

You will be able to control your new virtual private servers at the root level whatever the plan which you've selected, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, or with no Control Panel at all. In the first case, many system settings can be controlled through an intuitive web-based interface, whereas in the second, you will 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 and any system and / or custom content on it all the time, that makes this type of website hosting perfect for any app that you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the limited degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The last VPS Control Panel choice is Hepsia, however the root access to your server is restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Web Hosting

Each dedicated server that we supply gives you full root-level access, when the server is ordered without a Control Panel, or with cPanel or DirectAdmin. If you'd like to install and run heavy, resource-demanding applications and they have specific requirements regarding the server software environment which can't be fulfilled by a conventional shared web hosting package, our servers will be the perfect solution. Without any Control Panel at hand, you are able to access the server and update its settings and the content that you upload using a console, while with cPanel and DirectAdmin, you will have a graphical interface to control everything related to your web content, and most server-side settings. As expected, if you get a dedicated server without a Control Panel, you may always install a third-party tool manually, as long as it is compatible with the OS that you've selected at signup. When you select our Hepsia Control Panel on your order page, you'll have limited root access, yet you can still do a lot of things using a Secure Shell console.