CentOS is an abbreviation for Community Enterprise Operating System. This is one of the best Linux distributions for servers and it is regarded as one of the most stable and protected 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 code of any of them. It is also free to distribute and use, so you will not need to pay any license fees, meaning that the total price that you will have to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be cheaper than the price for a server working with another OS. What makes CentOS stand out among various other Linux distributions is its huge developer community, which will help you get the reply to any question or problem you have. Furthermore, each version that's released officially is supported for 10 years, that's is a lot longer than with any alternative OS. This means frequent safety and stability updates which will provide a dependable software setting for all of your web apps in the long run.

CentOS in VPS Servers

CentOS is accessible with each and every VPS server that we offer and you can select it during the order process from among a few other Operating Systems. Depending on the software that you'd like to set up and run, you can pick between the 32-bit and the 64-bit version then your new VPS will be all set shortly after that. CentOS supports all three website hosting Control Panels that we supply - cPanel, DirectAdmin and Hepsia. This will allow you to choose if you want 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 make a number of web hosting accounts and eventually resell them to other people. Of course, you can also order a VPS without any 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 install only the software which you want for your apps.

CentOS in Dedicated Servers

CentOS is one of the Operating Systems that we supply with all of our dedicated server plans. Throughout the signup process, you'll be able to pick from the 32-bit and the 64-bit release of the OS and ensure that the software environment on your new server matches the specifications of the apps that you wish to install. Unlike other Operating Systems, CentOS will also allow you to select from several web hosting Control Panels, determined by what you need the server for. With Hepsia, for instance, you'll be able to control the whole server like just a single account irrespective of the number of domain names that you host, while with cPanel and DirectAdmin, you are able to create a different account for each and every domain, which will give you the opportunity to start a hosting reseller business. In case you don't select any Control Panel, you will receive the server with CentOS only, as the software that comes with the Control Panels will not be installed. We also offer you regular OS updates as part of our Managed Services package, so you will not have to invest time and effort downloading and installing the most current and most secure software on the dedicated server.