If you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you'll have full control of it. That is to say, you can install any server-side app no matter what the changes that it will make to the software setting on your server, and you can both access and update any kind of file, which includes 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 as well as to generate other users, including users that also have full privileges. The connection can be established using 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 modify the server or to set up software which may be required by some script-driven app that you want to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Web Hosting

You will be able to control your new virtual private servers at the root level regardless of the plan that you've picked, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, or with no Control Panel at all. In the first case, a lot of system settings can be managed via an intuitive web-based interface, while in the second, you will have to make everything via a console, unless you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. In either case, you'll have full control over the VPS plus any kind of system or custom content on it all the time, that makes this kind of hosting perfect for any app which you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the restricted degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The last VPS Control Panel alternative is Hepsia, however the root access to your server will be limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers Hosting

If you get one of the Linux dedicated servers hosting which we provide, you'll have full root-level access and you'll be able to do anything that you are unable to do using a shared web hosting account - to customize the server-side PHP settings, to set up frameworks or media streaming software, and the like. You can order the server without hosting Control Panel and do everything with a console, unless you install some third-party tool, or you can order it with cPanel or DirectAdmin and use a web-based graphical interface to control your web sites and many system settings. In all 3 cases, you will have complete control over the machine. The huge amount of system resources which you'll get makes our dedicated plans the perfect choice for any kind of content that you'd like to have. The servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are easier to maintain, still the root access to such a server is limited.