When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you will have full control of it. That is to say, you can set up any server-side app no matter what the changes that it will make to the software environment on the server, and you will be able to both access and change any file, which includes system files, and modify various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things and also to create 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 safety reasons, it is recommended that you make another user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to set up software which may be required by some script-driven application that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

The VPS servers that we offer are suitable for various purposes, depending on what you'd like to install and run on them and what experience you have. When the server is provided with the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access and will be able to manage your web content with a graphical interface, while you may still install server-side applications which may be required by your websites and even by offline applications, which include VoIP programs, media encoding software, various frameworks, etcetera. Without any Control Panel, you'll also have full root-level access, but you will need to do everything using a console. If you choose to use our in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, there're certain root access restrictions, but this configuration is the easiest to manage. Thus, you will be able to pick the virtual server plan that you need.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

In case you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our plans you will pick throughout the signup process. The same is valid if you choose not to add a Control Panel at all. All our servers will provide you with the chance to run both really resource-demanding apps that are too heavy for a standard shared hosting account and applications which have specific requirements as to what the program environment on the website hosting server should be. The latter is something that cannot be achieved on a shared machine, due to the fact that no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the abovementioned options is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, while if you acquire cPanel or DirectAdmin, most system settings along with your website content will be managed via a graphical interface. If you select Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you'll have a server with restricted root access.