CentOS is an abbreviation for Community Enterprise Operating System. This is one of the top Linux distributions for servers and it's recognized as being one of the most dependable and secure Operating Systems out there. CentOS is open-source software, so you're able to personalize it in whatever way you see fit, adding and removing packages or changing 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 running CentOS will be much 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, which will help you get the answer to any kind of question or problem you might have. In addition, each version that is released officially is supported for 10 years, which is longer than with any alternative operating system. This means routine safety and stability updates that provides a stable software setting for all of your web apps in the long run.

CentOS in VPS

CentOS is offered with every single virtual private server that we provide and you'll be able to select it through the order process from among a couple of other Operating Systems. Depending on the software which you need to set up and run, you'll be able to pick between the 32-bit and the 64-bit version and your new VPS will be online soon after that. CentOS supports all the three hosting Control Panels that we offer - cPanel, DirectAdmin and Hepsia. This enables you to choose if you'd like to use the server for your personal sites and to control it as a single large account, or if you want to be able to make a number of web hosting accounts and resell them to other people. Of course, you can 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 that you can set up only the software that you need for your applications.

CentOS in Dedicated Hosting

When you decide to get one of the dedicated server plans that we offer, you'll be able to select the CentOS Operating System for your new machine. Since it is very light and quick, you will be able to utilize all of the system resources for your site. CentOS supports all three website hosting Control Panels that we supply - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. In this way, you can use the dedicated server for any purpose - to host all your personal websites in just a single account, to create separate Control Panels for each domain name or even to resell website hosting packages to other people. You can also obtain a server without a Control Panel and set up any custom software which you need, in place of the default apps that we install on each machine that is ordered with a Control Panel. When you add our optional Managed Services bundle during the registration process or at any later time, we will perform regular CentOS updates besides the other things that are part of the package.