If you have root-level access to a server, it means that you'll 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'll make to the software environment on your server, and you'll be able to both access and modify any file, which includes system files, and modify any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things and also to create other users, which includes users that also have full privileges. This particular can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it is recommended that you make one more user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you need to modify the server or to install software that may be required by a script-driven app that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

When you obtain a VPS servers from us, you will have full root-level access in three cases - if the server includes no web hosting Control Panel at all, or in case you select cPanel or DirectAdmin throughout the order process. In the first case, you will be able to update each part of the system through a Secure Shell console, whereas in the second, you will still be able to use SSH to connect and to make modifications, but you will also have a graphical interface accessible to manage your web content and almost all the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server plans a very good choice when you want to run any kind of software that you are unable to install in a regular shared hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you will be able to connect by using SSH and to manage the content on the server, however, the root access privileges are more restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you get one of the dedicated servers that we provide, you will have full root-level access and you will be able to do anything that you can't do with a shared website hosting account - to change the server-side PHP settings, to set up frameworks or media streaming software, and many others. You'll be able to order the server without web 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 control your web sites and many system settings. In all three cases, you will have full control over the machine. The considerable amount of system resources that you'll have makes our dedicated plans the perfect choice for any type of content that you wish to have. The servers which are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are easier to maintain, still the root access to such a server is limited.