If you have root-level access to a server, it means that you will have full control over it. In other words, you'll be able set up any server-side application no matter what the changes that it will make to the software setting on your server, and you are able to both access and customize any kind of file, which includes system files, and modify any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things as well as 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 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 required by a script-driven application that you would like to run.
Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers
You are able to control your new VPS servers at the root level regardless of the plan that you have 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, many system settings can be controlled through an easy to work with web-based interface, while in the second, you'll have to do everything via a console, unless you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. In either case, you will have full control over the VPS as well as any system or custom content on it all the time, which makes this kind of hosting perfect for any application which you cannot run with a shared web hosting account because of the restricted degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, etc. 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
If you pick the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our plans you'll pick throughout the signup process. The very same is valid if you decide not to install a Control Panel at all. All of our servers will provide you with the possibility to run both really resource-demanding apps that are too heavy for a regular shared website hosting account and apps which have certain requirements as to what the software environment on your website hosting server needs to be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, due to the fact that no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the aforementioned solutions is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, whereas if you get cPanel or DirectAdmin, most system settings as well as your site content can be controlled through a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you'll get a server with restricted root access.