CentOS is short for Community Enterprise Operating System. This is one of the leading Linux distributions for servers and it is recognized as one of the most reliable and risk-free Operating Systems available. CentOS is open-source software, which means that you will be able to personalize it in whatever way you see fit, adding and removing packages or changing the program code of any of them. It's also free to distribute and use, so you won't need to pay any license fees, meaning that the overall price that you will need to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be much lower than the price for a server running some other OS. What makes CentOS unique among various other Linux releases is its huge developer community, that will help you get the reply to any question or problem you have. What's even more, each version that is released officially is supported for 10 years, which is much longer than with any alternative OS. This means frequent safety and stability updates which provides a great software setting for your web apps in the long run.

CentOS in VPS

CentOS is available with every single virtual private server that we supply and you'll be able to select it during the order process from among a few other Operating Systems. Depending on the software that you would like to set up and run, you can select between the 32-bit and the 64-bit version then your new VPS will be up and running shortly after that. CentOS supports all of the three website hosting Control Panels that we provide - cPanel, DirectAdmin and Hepsia. This allows you to choose if you'd like to use the server for your very own Internet sites and to manage it as one large account, or if you want to be able to generate various website hosting accounts and resell them to others. Of course, you may also purchase 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 only the software which you want for your apps.

CentOS in Dedicated Hosting

CentOS is among the Operating Systems that we supply with all of our dedicated server plans. Throughout the signup process, you will 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 applications that you'd like to install. Unlike other Operating Systems, CentOS also allows you to choose between several hosting Control Panels, depending on what you need the server for. With Hepsia, for example, you're able to manage the entire server like an individual account regardless of the number of domains which you host, while with cPanel and DirectAdmin, you'll be able to create an individual account for each and every domain name, which will give you the opportunity to start a web hosting reseller business. If you don't select any Control Panel, you'll get the server with CentOS only, since the software that comes with the Control Panels will not be installed. We also provide regular OS updates included in our Managed Services package, so you will not have to invest time and effort downloading and setting up the most current and most secure software on your dedicated server.