If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you'll have full control over it. In other words, you can install any server-side app irrespective of the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you are able to both access and update any file, including system files, and change any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to do all these things and also 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 security reasons, it is recommended that you make one more user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to modify the server or to install software that may be needed by some script-driven app that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS

You're able to take care of your new virtual private servers at the root level whatever the package which you've picked, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, or devoid of Control Panel at all. In the first case, many system settings can be controlled through an intuitive web-based interface, while in the second, you will have to do everything through a console, unless you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. In either case, you will have full control over the VPS as well as any kind of system and / or custom content on it all of the time, which makes this type of website hosting perfect for any app that you cannot run with a shared web hosting account due to the limited level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and many others. The final VPS Control Panel alternative is Hepsia, however the root access to your server will be restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting

If you get one of the Linux dedicated hosting that we provide, you'll have full root-level access and you'll be able to do anything that you can't do using a shared web hosting account - to customize the server-side PHP settings, to install frameworks or media streaming software, and many others. You can order the server without any hosting Control Panel and do everything from a console, unless you install a third-party tool, or you can order it with cPanel or DirectAdmin and use a web-based graphical interface to manage your web sites and many system settings. In all three cases, you'll have full control over the machine. The considerable amount of system resources that you'll receive makes our dedicated plans a great choice for any kind of content that you wish to have. The servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are much easier to maintain, however the root access to such a machine is limited.