If you have root-level access to a server, this means that you will have full control over it. That is to say, you can set up any server-side app no matter what the changes that it will make to the software environment on your server, and you are able to both access and update any kind of file, which includes system files, and change various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to do the aforementioned things as well as to make other users, including users who 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 create a separate user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you have to customize the server or to set up software which may be needed by a script-driven app that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

You are able to control your new VPS servers at the root level regardless of the package that you have picked, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, or devoid of Control Panel at all. In the first case, many system settings can be controlled via an easy to use web-based interface, while in the second, you'll need to make everything via a console, until you decide to set up a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS in addition to any kind of system and custom content on it at all times, which makes this kind of hosting perfect for any application that you cannot run with a shared web hosting account because of the restricted degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, etc. The final VPS Control Panel option is Hepsia, but the root access to your server will be restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

In case you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our packages you will select during the registration process. The very same is valid if you decide not to use a Control Panel at all. Our servers will provide you with the option to run both very resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a standard shared website hosting account and applications that have particular requirements as to what the program environment on your website hosting server needs to be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, since no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the aforementioned alternatives is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, while if you acquire cPanel or DirectAdmin, the majority of system settings along with your web content will be managed via a graphical interface. If you choose Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will receive a server with limited root access.