VGNCloud
Root is the user that owns the machine. On a VGNCloud VPS you get it from the first boot โ password by email, or your SSH key if you pasted one. That is the difference between a server and a website plan.
What you can do as root
- Install any package the imageโs repositories have. Nginx, Caddy, Docker, a language runtime we never heard of.
- Open and close ports. The panel firewall sits outside the machine;
iptablesornftsit inside. You can fight yourself. The console is how you get back in. - Create users, cron jobs, queues, and services that have nothing to do with PHP.
- Break the network stack and lock yourself out. That is also root.
What root is not
It is not a promise that we will patch the OS for you. It is not a snapshot button. It is not permission to send spam โ outbound SMTP stays closed unless we open it. It is not a game panel. Minecraft and Rust have a home on ValueGameNode.
Web hosting has no root
Web hosting gives you a panel, SFTP, and a PHP version. That is enough for WordPress. It is the right product when you do not want to be the sysadmin. If you are choosing, read WordPress on a VPS vs web hosting and when you need a VPS.
First hour
Follow first login and SSH. Change the mailed password. Add a key. Decide whether password login stays on. Then install only what the job needs. A VPS with five unused stacks is a VPS you will not patch.
Plans, memory, and the fact that root is on every size are on the VPS page. The rest of the shop is on cloud.