CentOS is an abbreviation for Community Enterprise Operating System. This is one of the best 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'll be able to personalize it in any way you see fit, adding and removing packages or modifying the code of any of them. It is also free to distribute and use, so you will not need to pay any license fees, which means that the overall price that you'll have to pay for a server running CentOS will be cheaper than the price for a server running another OS. What makes CentOS stand out among various other Linux releases is its huge developer community, which will help you find the reply to any question or problem you may have. Furthermore, each version that is released officially is supported for ten years, which is longer than with any other OS. This means regular security and stability updates which provides a reliable software environment for your web apps in the long run.

CentOS in VPS

CentOS is offered with every single virtual private server that we offer and you can select it during the order process from among several other Operating Systems. Depending on the software which you need to set up and run, you are able to choose between the 32-bit and the 64-bit version then your new VPS will be online soon after that. CentOS supports all 3 hosting Control Panels which we provide - cPanel, DirectAdmin and Hepsia. This enables you to choose if you would like to use the server for your very own sites and to manage it as one large account, or if you want to be able to set up various hosting accounts and eventually resell them to others. Of course, you may also acquire a VPS with no Control Panel and you will 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 Hosting

If you need a dedicated server with CentOS, you can take advantage of the packages that we offer, as this OS is on the list of options which you are able to choose during the registration process. Since the software that you intend to use can have specific system requirements, we have 32-bit and 64-bit versions of CentOS. CentOS is compatible with different web hosting Control Panels, so if you acquire a dedicated server with the Hepsia Control Panel, you can control the server as if you're controlling one very large account, while with cPanel and DirectAdmin, you're able to have different accounts for the domain names which you host and can even start a reseller business, since the two Control Panels offer this a functionality. If you add our Managed Services upgrade, we'll also perform OS updates on a weekly basis and will ensure that your server is secure and has the latest software at all times, in order to ensure the optimum performance for your websites.