If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it means that you'll have full control over it. That is to say, you can set up any server-side application irrespective of the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you will be able to both access and change any file, which includes system files, and modify any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user which 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 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 employ the root user only when you need to modify the server or to set up software which may be required by some script-driven application that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

If you obtain a VPS servers from us, you will have full root-level access in three cases - if the server comes with no website hosting Control Panel at all, or if you select cPanel or DirectAdmin during the order process. In the first case, you'll be able to modify any part of the system from a Secure Shell console, whereas in the second, you can still use SSH in order to connect and to make modifications, but you will also have a graphical interface at your disposal to manage your world wide web content and almost all of the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server packages a great choice when you want to run any kind of software that you can not set up in a regular shared hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you will be able to connect via SSH and to control the content on the server, however, the root access rights are more limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

When you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you will select during the signup process. Exactly the same is valid if you decide not to use a Control Panel at all. All of our servers will provide you with the option to run both very resource-demanding apps that are too heavy for a shared website hosting account and apps which have certain requirements as to what the software environment on the website hosting server needs to be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the aforementioned choices is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most system settings as well as your website content can be managed via a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will get a server with restricted root access.