CentOS is short for Community Enterprise OS. This is one of the leading Linux releases for servers and it is recognized as one of the most stable and protected Operating Systems out there. CentOS is open-source software, so you can customize it in any 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 total price that you will have to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be lower than the price for a server running an alternative OS. What makes CentOS unique among various other Linux distributions is its huge developer community, that will help you get the answer to any question or problem you may have. What's more, each version which is released officially is supported for 10 years, which is a lot longer than with any alternative OS. This means regular security and stability updates which will provide a dependable software environment for all your web apps in the long run.

CentOS in VPS Hosting

You can pick CentOS for your brand new virtual private server during the sign-up process. We supply 32-bit and 64-bit versions, so as to give you the opportunity to choose the one which will be more suitable for the apps that you'd like to install and run. CentOS supports multiple website hosting Control Panels, so that you will have a choice between cPanel, Hepsia and DirectAdmin, according to what you would like to do - to make a separate account for each domain hosted on the server and even to start your reseller business, or to host all your domain names together and manage the whole server as one single account. You will also have the choice to order the VPS without Control Panel in case you need a machine with CentOS, yet without the extra software that comes with the Control Panels. This way, you can easily set up web or database servers which are different from the standard ones that we supply.

CentOS in Dedicated Web Hosting

When you decide to acquire one of the dedicated server plans that we provide, you are able to select the CentOS Operating System for your new machine. As it is very light and quick, you will be able to utilize all the resources for your site. CentOS supports all three hosting Control Panels which we provide - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Thus, you'll be able to use the dedicated server for any purpose - to host your personal Internet sites in a single account, to create separate Control Panels for each and every domain or even to resell web hosting plans to other people. You can also purchase a server devoid of Control Panel and install any custom-made software which you need, instead of the default applications 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'll perform weekly CentOS updates besides the other things which are included in the bundle.