When 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 whatever the changes that it'll make to the software environment on your server, and you can both access and update any file, including system files, and modify various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do all these things and also to generate other users, which includes users who 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 make a separate user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you have to modify the server or to install software that may be needed by a script-driven app that you want to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

Our Linux VPS web hosting plans feature different levels of access, so as to give you the option to pick the one you need, according to your level of experience and on what you will need the server for. If you acquire a VPS without any Control Panel, you will have full root-level access and you'll manage everything using a console, unless you set up some third-party tool. The servers which are ordered with the cPanel website hosting Control Panel also come with full root access, but most of the things which are related to your online content can be performed through a graphical interface and not a console. You are able to install various frameworks or media streaming software, for instance, without a problem. When you get the virtual website hosting server with the Hepsia Control Panel, you may still use a Secure Shell console to connect, but the root access will be reduced. Yet, the Hepsia-equipped servers are the simplest to take care of.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

When you select the cPanel website hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our packages you'll pick throughout the signup process. The very same is valid when you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. All of our servers give you the option to run both very resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a standard shared website hosting account and apps which have specific requirements as to what the program environment on your hosting server needs to be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, since no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the abovementioned choices is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel, most of the system settings and your site content can be controlled through a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll get a server with limited root access.