CentOS is short for Community Enterprise OS. This is one of the top Linux distributions for servers and it is recognized as being one of the most dependable and safe Operating Systems on the market. 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 modifying the program code of all of them. It is also free to distribute and use, so you will not have to pay any license fees, meaning that the total price that you'll need to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be cheaper as compared to the price for a server running some other OS. What makes CentOS unique among other Linux releases is its huge developer society, that will help you discover the reply to any kind of question or problem you have. In addition, each version which is released officially is supported for 10 years, that's is a lot longer than with any alternative operating system. This means routine safety and stability updates that will provide a great software setting for all of your web apps in the long run.
CentOS in VPS Servers
You'll be able to pick CentOS for your new VPS server through the sign-up process. We provide 32-bit and 64-bit releases, to give you the opportunity to choose the one that is more suitable for the applications that you want to set up and manage. CentOS supports a variety of web hosting Control Panels, so you will have a choice between cPanel, Hepsia and DirectAdmin, according to what you would like to do - to create a separate account for each and every domain hosted on the server and even to start your reseller business, or to host all your domains together and manage the server as one single account. You will also have the choice to purchase the VPS without Control Panel if you need a machine with CentOS, however devoid of the extra software that is provided with the Control Panels. This way, you're able to set up web or database servers which are different from the default ones which we provide.
CentOS in Dedicated Servers
If you decide to buy one of the dedicated server plans which we offer, you are able to choose the CentOS Operating System for your machine. Since it's very light and quick, you will be able to utilize all of the resources for your Internet site. CentOS supports all three website hosting Control Panels which we provide - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. In this way, you're able to use the dedicated server for any purpose - to host all of your personal websites in just a single account, to create separate Control Panels for each and every domain or even to resell website hosting packages to other people. Also, you can purchase a server devoid of Control Panel and set up any custom-made software that you need, instead 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 throughout the signup process or at any later time, we will perform regular CentOS updates besides the other things that are part of the bundle.