If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it means that you will have full control over it. In other words, you can install any server-side app regardless of 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, including system files, and change any 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 create other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. The connection can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you make one more user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to set up software that may be required by a script-driven application that you want to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

Our VPS servers include different degrees of access, in order to give you the option to select the one you need, according to your level of experience and on what you want the server for. If you obtain a VPS without Control Panel, you'll have full root-level access and you'll take care of everything from a console, unless you install a third-party instrument. The servers which are ordered with the cPanel hosting Control Panel also feature full root access, but most of the things which are linked to your web content can be performed using a graphical interface and not a console. You'll be able to set up various frameworks or media streaming software, for example, without a problem. When you order your virtual website hosting server with the Hepsia Control Panel, you can still use a Secure Shell console to connect, but the root access is restricted. Yet, the Hepsia-equipped servers are the easiest to control.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you select the cPanel web hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our plans you will choose throughout the registration process. The same is valid when you decide not to use a Control Panel at all. All our servers will provide you with the chance to run both very resource-demanding apps that are too heavy for a standard shared hosting account and apps which have specific requirements as to what the program environment on your server has to be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, because 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 through a console, while if you obtain cPanel, most system settings along with your site content will be managed via a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you'll have a server with restricted root access.