If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you'll have full control of it. In other words, you can install any server-side app whatever the changes that it will make to the software environment on the server, and you will be able to both access and update any file, which includes system files, and change any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to perform all these things and also to create other users, including users who also have full privileges. The connection 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 daily work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to install software that may be required by a script-driven app that you would like to run.
Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers
When you order a VPS servers from us, you will have full root-level access in 3 cases - if the server has no web hosting Control Panel at all, or in case you select cPanel throughout the order process. In the first case, you will be able to update any part of the system via a Secure Shell console, while in the second, you will still be able to use SSH in order to connect and to make changes, however you will also have a graphical interface available to take care of your web content and almost all of the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server packages an excellent choice in case you want to run any kind of software that you cannot set up in a regular shared website hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you will be able to connect by using SSH and to control the content on the server, yet the root access rights will be more limited.
Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers
When you get one of the Linux dedicated web hosting plans that we offer, you'll have full root-level access and you will be able to do anything that you cannot do with a shared hosting account - to update the server-side PHP settings, to install frameworks or media streaming software, and the like. You may order the server without web hosting Control Panel and do everything using a console, unless you install a third-party instrument, or you can order it with cPanel and use a web-based graphical interface to take care of your web sites and many system settings. In all 3 cases, you'll have complete control over your server. The huge amount of resources which you will receive makes our dedicated packages a great choice for any type of content that you wish to have. The servers which are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are much easier to manage, still the root access to such a server is restricted.