If you have root-level access to a server, this means that you will have full control over it. That is to say, you'll be able install any server-side application irrespective of the changes that it will make to the software setting on the server, and you can both access and update any kind of file, including system files, and modify various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform all these things as well as to create other users, which includes users that also have full privileges. This particular can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you create a different user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you need to customize the server or to set up software that may be needed by some script-driven application that you wish to run.
Full Root-level Access in VPS Hosting
The Linux VPS hosting packages that we provide are appropriate for various purposes, depending on what you would like to set up and run on them and the experience that you have. If your hosting server is ordered with the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access and will be able to take care of your online content using a graphical interface, whereas you can still install server-side applications which may be needed for your websites and even by offline apps, like VoIP software, media encoding software, various frameworks, and many others. Devoid of Control Panel, you will also have full root-level access, but you will have to do everything through a console. If you choose to use our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel, there're certain root access limitations, but this configuration is the simplest to control. That way, you will be able to pick the virtual server plan which you need.
Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Web Hosting
In case you select the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website 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 signup process. The very same is valid if you decide not to use a Control Panel at all. All of our servers give you the opportunity to run both very resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a standard shared web hosting account and applications which have certain requirements as to what the software environment on the hosting server should be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned choices is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, whereas if you get cPanel or DirectAdmin, the majority of system settings along with your website content can be controlled through a graphical interface. If you choose Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll receive a server with restricted root access.