When you have root-level access to a server, it indicates that you'll have full control of it. In other words, you'll be able set up any server-side app whatever the changes that it will make to the software environment on your server, and you can both access and change any file, including system files, and modify any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to do all these things as well as to make other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. This particular can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it's recommended that you make one more user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to modify the server or to install software which may be required by a script-driven app that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

You will be able to take care of your new VPS servers at the root level regardless of 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 without Control Panel at all. In the first case, a lot of system settings can be managed through an easy to use web-based interface, while in the second, you will have to make everything through a console, until you decide to set up a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS plus any kind of system or custom content on it all of the time, which makes this type of web hosting perfect for any application that you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the restricted level 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 Servers

In case you pick the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you will select throughout the registration process. The very same is valid when you decide not to use a Control Panel at all. Our servers give you the opportunity to run both really resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a regular shared web hosting account and apps which have specific requirements as to what the software environment on the server has to be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, as no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the abovementioned alternatives is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings along with your website content can be managed through a graphical interface. When you select Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will get a server with restricted root access.