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 safe Operating Systems on the market. CentOS is open-source software, so you will be able to customize it in whatever way you see fit, adding and removing packages or modifying the program code of any of them. It's also free to distribute and use, so you will not have to pay any kind of license fees, which means that the total price that you'll need to pay for a server running CentOS will be lower as compared to the price for a server working with an alternative OS. What makes CentOS stand out among various other Linux distributions is its huge developer community, that will help you get the reply to any kind of question or problem you may have. Furthermore, each version that is released officially is supported for ten years, that's is longer than with any alternative operating system. What this means is routine protection and stability updates that will provide a reliable software environment for all of your web applications in the long run.

CentOS in VPS Web Hosting

You'll be able to select CentOS for your brand new virtual private server throughout the sign-up process. We supply 32-bit and 64-bit releases, in order to give you the opportunity to pick the one that will be more suitable for the applications that you would like to set up and work with. CentOS supports multiple hosting Control Panels, and you will have a choice between cPanel, Hepsia and DirectAdmin, according to what you'd like to do - to create a separate account for every single domain hosted on the server and even to start your own reseller business, or to host all your domain names at the same time and control the server as a single account. You will also have the choice to buy the VPS with no Control Panel in case you need a machine with CentOS, however with no additional software that comes with the Control Panels. This way, you're able to install web or database servers which are different from the default ones that we provide.

CentOS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

CentOS is among the Operating Systems that we provide with all our dedicated server packages. Throughout the registration process, you'll be able to pick from the 32-bit and the 64-bit release of the OS and make sure that the software environment on your new server meets the requirements of the apps that you would like to install. Compared to other Operating Systems, CentOS also allows you to pick from various website hosting Control Panels, depending on what you need the server for. With Hepsia, for instance, you'll be able to take care of the server like a single account regardless of the number of domains that you host, while with cPanel and DirectAdmin, you'll be able to create an independent account for each domain, that can give you the opportunity to start a hosting reseller business. If you do not select any Control Panel, you'll receive the server with CentOS only, as the software that comes with the Control Panels won't be installed. We also offer regular OS updates included in our own Managed Services package, so you will not need to devote time and effort downloading and installing the most up-to-date and most secure software on the dedicated server.