CentOS is short for Community Enterprise OS. This is one of the leading Linux distributions for servers and it's recognized as one of the most reliable and safe Operating Systems available. CentOS is open-source software, so you can personalize it in whatever way you see fit, adding and removing packages or modifying the program code of all of them. It's also free to distribute and use, so you will not have to pay any kind of license fees, meaning that the total price that you'll have to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be much lower than the price for a server running an alternative OS. What makes CentOS unique among other Linux distributions is its huge developer community, which will help you discover the answer to any question or problem you may have. What's even more, each version that's released officially is supported for ten years, that's is much longer than with any other OS. What this means is frequent security and stability updates which provides a stable software environment for your web apps in the long run.

CentOS in VPS Servers

CentOS is offered with every single VPS server that we offer and you will be able to select it through the order process from among a few other Operating Systems. Determined by the software which you need to install and run, you'll be able to pick between the 32-bit and the 64-bit version and then your new VPS will be up and running shortly after that. CentOS supports all three hosting Control Panels which we offer - cPanel and Hepsia. This allows you to choose if you want to employ the server for your personal websites and to manage it as a single large account, or if you want to be able to create a variety of hosting accounts and resell them to other people. Of course, you may also purchase a VPS without any Control Panel and you'll get a server with an Operating System and the Apache web server software, but nothing else on it, so you can set up just the software that you need for your apps.

CentOS in Dedicated Servers

You'll be able to acquire CentOS with each dedicated server that we provide, because 32-bit and 64-bit releases of the OS are some of the options which you're able to select on the order page. CentOS is compatible with all three website hosting Control Panels which we supply, so you can choose Hepsia or cPanel to be set up on your server. The first one is suitable for less experienced users who want a powerful website hosting solution, since a Hepsia-equipped server is controlled like one large account, whereas the other two Control Panels enable you to generate a variety of web hosting accounts on your server and even to resell the hosting space. If you need CentOS with no additional software, you can choose a server setup with no Control Panel at all. Then you can add just the software that you need. We also offer a Managed Services upgrade, which includes weekly CentOS updates.