When you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you'll have full control of it. That is to say, you can install any server-side app whatever the changes that it will make to the software environment on the server, and you're able to both access and update any kind of file, including system files, and modify 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 generate other users, including users who 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 make a separate user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to modify the server or to install software that may be required by some script-driven application that you want to run.
Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers
You're able to control your new VPS servers at the root level whatever the plan that you have selected, as long as the server is ordered with the cPanel website hosting Control Panel, or without any Control Panel at all. In the first case, a number of system settings can be managed from an intuitive web-based interface, whereas in the second, you'll have to do everything through a console, until you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you'll have full control over the VPS in addition to any system and / or custom content on it all the time, which makes this kind of web hosting perfect for any application that you can't run with a shared web hosting account because of the limited degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, etc. The final VPS Control Panel option is Hepsia, yet the root access to your server will be limited.
Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers
In case you pick the cPanel web hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our plans you'll choose throughout the registration process. Exactly the same is valid if you decide not to add a Control Panel at all. Our servers will provide you with the opportunity to run both very resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a regular shared website hosting account and applications which have particular requirements as to what the program environment on the web hosting server needs to be. The latter is something that cannot be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the abovementioned options is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, while if you get cPanel, most of the system settings and your website content can be managed through a graphical interface. When you choose Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will receive a server with limited root access.