If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you'll have full control over it. In other words, you'll be able install any server-side application no matter what the changes that it will make to the software setting on the server, and you are able to both access and change any file, including system files, and change any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to do all these things as well as to create other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. This connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you create another user for your daily work and use the root user only when you have to customize the server or to install software that may be needed by a script-driven application that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Hosting

When you obtain a virtual private servers from us, you will have full root-level access in 3 cases - if the server comes with no website hosting Control Panel at all, or when you select cPanel or DirectAdmin throughout the order process. In the first case, you will be able to change any part of the system with a Secure Shell console, whereas in the second, you will still be able to use SSH in order to connect and to make modifications, however you'll also have a graphical interface at your disposal to manage your world wide web content and almost all the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server plans an excellent choice when you would like to run any kind of software that you can not set up in a standard shared website hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you will be able to connect through SSH and to manage the content on the hosting server, but the root access rights are more restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Web Hosting

In case you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you will pick throughout the registration process. The same is valid if you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. All of our servers will provide you with the possibility to run both really resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a standard shared website hosting account and apps that have specific requirements as to what the software environment on your server should be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, as no server-side software can be installed 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 get cPanel or DirectAdmin, most system settings as well as your web content will be managed through a graphical interface. When you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will get a server with limited root access.