If you have root-level access to a server, this means that you will have full control of it. That is to say, you can install any server-side app regardless of the changes that it'll make to the software environment on your server, and you will be able to both access and update any kind of file, including system files, and change any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things and to make other users, including 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 is recommended that you make a different user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to install software which may be needed by some script-driven app that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS

When you get a virtual private servers from us, you'll have full root-level access in three cases - if the server comes with no web hosting Control Panel at all, or if you select cPanel or DirectAdmin during the order process. In the first case, you can change each part of the system from a Secure Shell console, whereas in the second, you'll still be able to use SSH to connect and to make adjustments, however you will also have a graphical interface you can use to control your online content and almost all the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server plans an excellent choice when you want to run any kind of software that you cannot set up in a standard shared web hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you'll be able to connect through SSH and to take care of the content on the hosting server, yet the root access privileges are more restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting

In case you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our plans you will choose during the registration process. The same is valid if you decide not to add a Control Panel at all. All of our servers will give you the possibility to run both really resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a standard shared hosting account and applications which have certain requirements as to what the software environment on your hosting server needs to be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, due to the fact that no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the aforementioned choices is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings along with your website content can be controlled through a graphical interface. If you select Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will have a server with limited root access.