When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it means that you'll have full control over it. That is to say, 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 will be 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 perform the aforementioned things as well as to make other users, including users that 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 a separate user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software that may be needed by a script-driven application that you want to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

The Linux VPS hosting plans which we supply are suitable for various different purposes, depending on what you intend to install and run on them and what experience you have. If the server is ordered with the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access and will be able to control your world-wide web content using a graphical interface, whereas you may still set up server-side applications that may be required by your web sites and even by offline apps, for example VoIP programs, media encoding software, various frameworks, and many others. Without any Control Panel, you'll also have full root-level access, but you'll need to do everything through a console. When you choose to use our tailor-made Hepsia hosting Control Panel, there will be certain root access restrictions, but this configuration is the most convenient to control. That way, you can select the virtual server package that you need.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you pick the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our packages you'll select during the registration process. The very same is valid if you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. All of our servers give you the chance to run both very resource-demanding apps that are too heavy for a regular shared hosting account and apps that have specific requirements as to what the software environment on your web hosting server has to be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, since no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the abovementioned solutions is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, while if you get cPanel or DirectAdmin, most system settings and your site content can be managed through a graphical interface. When you select Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will get a server with limited root access.