When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you'll have full control of it. In other words, you'll be able install any server-side application regardless of the changes that it'll make to the software environment on your server, and you'll be able to both access and customize any file, which includes system files, and modify various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to perform all these things and to create other users, which includes users who 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 create another user for your daily work and use the root user only when you have to customize the server or to install software which may be required by some script-driven app that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

If you purchase a VPS servers from us, you'll have full root-level access in three cases - if the server has no hosting Control Panel at all, or in case you select cPanel or DirectAdmin during the order process. In the first case, you'll be able to update each part of the system using a Secure Shell console, while in the second, you'll still be able to use SSH in order to connect and to make changes, however you will also have a graphical interface you can use to take care of your web content and many of the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server plans an excellent choice in case you would like to run any kind of software that you cannot install in an ordinary shared hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you will be able to connect through SSH and to manage the content on your server, yet the root access rights will be more restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

When you pick 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 plans you will select throughout the registration process. The very same is valid when you choose not to add a Control Panel at all. Our servers provide you with the possibility to run both really resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a regular shared website hosting account and applications which have specific requirements as to what the software environment on your web hosting server has 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 options is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, while if you get cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings as well as your web content will be managed through a graphical interface. When you select Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll receive a server with limited root access.