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 install any server-side application no matter what the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you'll be able to both access and customize any kind of 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 do all these things as well as to make other users, including users that also have full privileges. This particular can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it is recommended that you make a different user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you have to customize the server or to set up software which may be required by a script-driven app that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS

You are able to control your new virtual private servers at the root level whatever the package that you've chosen, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, or without any Control Panel at all. In the first case, many system settings can be managed from a user-friendly web-based interface, whereas in the second, you will have to make everything using a console, until you decide to set up a Control Panel yourself. In either case, you'll have full control over the VPS plus any system and custom content on it at all times, which makes this kind of website hosting perfect for any application which you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the restricted level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and many others. The last VPS Control Panel option is Hepsia, however the root access to your server is restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated 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 packages you'll pick throughout the registration process. Exactly the same is valid if you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. Our servers give you the possibility to run both really resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a shared web hosting account and apps that have specific requirements as to what the program environment on your website hosting server has to be. The latter is something that cannot be achieved on a shared machine, as no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the aforementioned alternatives is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you get cPanel or DirectAdmin, the majority of system settings and your web content will be managed via a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will have a server with limited root access.