CentOS is short for Community Enterprise Operating System. This is one of the leading Linux releases for servers and it's regarded as being one of the most dependable and protected Operating Systems out there. CentOS is open-source software, so you can customize it in whatever way you see fit, adding and removing packages or modifying the code of any of them. It's also free to distribute and use, so you will not need to pay any license fees, which means that the total price that you will have to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be lower as compared to the price for a server running another OS. What makes CentOS stand out among other Linux distributions is its huge developer community, that will help you get the answer to any question or problem you might have. What's even more, each version which is released officially is supported for ten years, that's is much longer than with any alternative operating system. This means frequent protection and stability updates which will provide a reliable software setting for your web applications in the long run.

CentOS in VPS Servers

You will be able to select CentOS for your new VPS server during the signup process. We offer 32-bit and 64-bit versions, in order to give you the chance to choose the one which will be more suitable for the applications that you want to install and manage. CentOS supports different hosting Control Panels, and you will have a choice between cPanel, Hepsia and DirectAdmin, depending on what you would like to do - to create a separate account for every single domain hosted on your server and even to start your own reseller business, or to host all your domain names together and control the whole server as a single account. You'll also have the option to acquire the VPS with no Control Panel in case you need a machine with CentOS, however without the additional software which is provided with the Control Panels. This way, you'll be able to set up web or database servers that are different from the standard ones that we provide.

CentOS in Dedicated Servers

If you decide to buy one of the dedicated server plans which we provide, you can choose the CentOS Operating System for your new machine. As it is very light and quick, you will be able to utilize all of the system resources for your website. CentOS supports all of the 3 hosting Control Panels that we supply - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. This way, you're able to use the dedicated server for any kind of purpose - to host all of your personal sites in just a single account, to set up separate Control Panels for each and every domain or even to resell website hosting packages to other people. You can also purchase a server without a Control Panel and install any custom-made software that you need, in place of the default apps that we install on each machine that is ordered with a Control Panel. When you add the optional Managed Services bundle throughout the signup process or at any later time, we will perform regular CentOS updates besides all the other things which are included in the bundle.