If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you'll have full control over it. That is to say, you'll be able install any server-side app irrespective of the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you are able to both access and change any kind of file, including system files, and modify various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do all these things and also to make other users, including 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 is recommended that you make another user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you have 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

Our Linux VPS come with different levels of access, in order to give you the option to choose the one you need, according to your level of experience and on what you want the server for. If you acquire a VPS with no Control Panel, you will have full root-level access and you will control everything using a console, unless you set up a third-party tool. The servers which are ordered with the DirectAdmin or the cPanel website hosting Control Panel also include full root access, but most of the things which are related to your web content can be performed through a graphical interface and not a console. You'll be able to install different frameworks or media streaming software, for instance, without any problems. When you get the virtual website hosting server with the Hepsia Control Panel, you may still use a Secure Shell console to connect, but the root access will be restricted. Yet, the Hepsia-equipped servers are the easiest to control.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting

You will have full root-level access to your dedicated server whatever the plan you select during the signup process, as long as the server is provided with cPanel or DirectAdmin, or with no website hosting Control Panel at all. In each of these three cases, you'll be able to change any part of the software environment in any way you find fit, that makes our server plans suitable for resource-demanding apps with specific requirements that cannot be covered if you use a shared hosting account. The difference between these options is that when you choose cPanel or DirectAdmin, you'll have a web-based graphical interface to take care of a variety of server-side options as well as any web content which you create or upload, while if you order the server devoid of Control Panel, you will have to do everything through a Secure Shell console or to install a Control Panel of your own liking, if it's compatible with the Operating System which you've chosen during the registration process. With the final Control Panel option that you'll be able to pick on our order page - Hepsia, the root access is limited.