If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you will have full control of it. That is to say, you can install any server-side app irrespective of the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you can both access and change any file, including system files, and change any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform all these things and also to make other users, including users who also have full privileges. This connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it is recommended that you create a separate user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to set up software which may be needed by some script-driven application that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

The VPS plans that we supply are suitable for many different purposes, based on what you would like to install and run on them and the experience that you have. If your hosting server is ordered with the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access and will be able to control your world-wide web content through a graphical interface, whereas you can still set up server-side applications which may be needed by your web sites and even by offline apps, such as VoIP software, media encoding software, various frameworks, etc. Without any Control Panel, you'll also have full root-level access, but you'll have to do everything through a console. When you choose to use our in-house made Hepsia hosting Control Panel, there're certain root access limitations, but this configuration is the most convenient to manage. This way, you can choose the virtual server plan which you need.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

When you get one of the dedicated web hosting plans which we offer, you will have full root-level access and you can do anything that you can't do with a shared web hosting account - to update the server-side PHP settings, to install frameworks or media streaming software, and many others. You'll be able to order the server without any website hosting Control Panel and do everything through a console, unless you install a third-party tool, or you can order it with cPanel or DirectAdmin and use a web-based graphical interface to manage your websites and many system settings. In all 3 cases, you will have full control over the machine. The tremendous amount of resources which you will get makes our dedicated plans the perfect choice for any kind of content that you wish to have. The servers which are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are much easier to control, however the root access to such a machine is limited.