If 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 regardless of the changes that it will make to the software environment on your server, and you are able to both access and customize any file, including system files, and modify various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform all these things as well as to generate other users, which includes users that also have full privileges. This connection can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it is recommended that you create one more 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 needed by a script-driven application that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS

The Linux VPS that we offer are suitable for various different purposes, depending on what you would like to set up and run on them and what experience you have. If the server is ordered with the cPanel web hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access and will be able to manage your web content via a graphical interface, while you may still install server-side applications that may be needed for your websites and even by offline applications, for example VoIP programs, media encoding software, various frameworks, etc. Without any Control Panel, you will also have full root-level access, but you'll have to do everything using a console. If you choose to use our custom Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, there will be certain root access restrictions, but this configuration is the simplest to manage. In this way, you'll be able to pick the virtual server plan which you really need.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting

You will have full root-level access to your dedicated server no matter which plan you select during the signup process, as long as the server is provided with cPanel, or without website hosting Control Panel at all. In all of these three cases, you'll be able to update any part of the software environment in any way you find fit, which makes our server packages ideal for resource-demanding applications with specific requirements which cannot be covered when you use a shared web hosting account. The difference between these options is the fact that using cPanel you will have a web-based graphical interface to control numerous server-side options and any web content that you generate or upload, while if you order the server without a Control Panel, you will have to perform everything using a Secure Shell console or to install a Control Panel of your own liking, if it's compatible with the Operating System which you've selected throughout the registration process. With the final Control Panel option which you can pick on the order page - Hepsia, the root access is limited.