When you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you'll have full control over it. In other words, you can set up any server-side app irrespective of the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you are able to both access and customize any kind of file, including system files, and modify any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to perform all these things and also to generate other users, including users that also have full privileges. This connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you create one more user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to customize the server or to set up software that may be required by a script-driven app that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Hosting

The Linux VPS hosting packages which we supply are suitable for many different purposes, based on what you want to install and run on them and what experience you have. When your server is provided with the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access and will be able to manage your online content via a graphical interface, while you may still install server-side apps which may be needed by your sites and even by offline apps, for example VoIP software, media encoding software, various frameworks, etc. Without any Control Panel, you will also have full root-level access, but you'll need to do everything through a console. If you choose to use our custom-made Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, there will be certain root access restrictions, but this configuration is the most convenient to control. In this way, you will be able to choose the virtual server package that you need.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Web Hosting

You'll have full root-level access to your dedicated server no matter which plan you pick during the registration process, as long as the server is ordered with cPanel or DirectAdmin, or without website hosting Control Panel at all. In each of these 3 cases, you are able to change any part of the software environment in any way you find fit, which makes our server packages suitable for multi-media applications with specific requirements that cannot be covered when you use a shared web hosting account. The main difference between these options is that using cPanel or DirectAdmin, you'll have a web-based graphical interface to take care of numerous server-side options and also any web content which you create or upload, whereas when you order the server without a Control Panel, you'll have to perform everything with a Secure Shell console or to set up a Control Panel of your own liking, if it's compatible with the Operating System which you've selected during the sign up process. With the final Control Panel option which you are able to select on the order page - Hepsia, the root access will be limited.