If you have root-level access to a server, this means that you will have full control of it. In other words, you can set up any server-side application regardless of the changes that it will make to the software setting on the server, and you can both access and customize any kind of file, including system files, and change any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things and also to create other users, including users that also have full privileges. This connection can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you create a different user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to customize the server or to set up software that may be required by some script-driven app that you want to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS

When you obtain a virtual private servers from us, you'll have full root-level access in three cases - if the server features no hosting Control Panel at all, or in case you select cPanel throughout the order process. In the first case, you will be able to change any part of the system using a Secure Shell console, whereas in the second, you can still use SSH to connect and to make changes, however you'll also have a graphical interface you can use to take care of your online content and almost all the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server packages a great choice in case you would like to run any kind of software that you can not set up in an ordinary shared website hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you'll be able to connect via SSH and to manage the content on the hosting server, however, the root access privileges will be more limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting

When you get one of the Linux dedicated hosting which we provide, you will have full root-level access and you'll be able to do anything that you cannot do with a shared website hosting account - to customize the server-side PHP settings, to set up frameworks or media streaming software, and the like. You'll be able to order the server without website hosting Control Panel and do everything using a console, unless you install some third-party tool, or you can order it with cPanel and use a web-based graphical interface to manage your websites and many system settings. In all three cases, you will have full control of the machine. The tremendous amount of system resources which you'll get makes our dedicated plans the best choice for any type of content that you would like to have. The servers which are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are simpler to control, however the root access to such a machine is restricted.