CentOS Stream / Rocky / AlmaLinux VPS in France
French CentOS Stream 9, Rocky Linux 9 and AlmaLinux 9 VPS. The right move after the end of CentOS 7.
Starting at €4.99/mo
Introduction
CentOS 7 reached EOL in June 2024. By-Hoster offers the alternatives: CentOS Stream 9, Rocky Linux 9 and AlmaLinux 9, all 100% RHEL-compatible.
French datacenter, KVM, NVMe SSD, root, yum/dnf, pre-configured SELinux. Assisted migration from CentOS 7 by our support team.
Included features
Rocky / Alma / CentOS Stream
Pick at deployment, all EL9.
SELinux pre-configured
Enterprise-grade security by default.
CentOS 7 migration
Help moving away from CentOS 7 EOL.
Frequently asked questions
Rocky Linux 9: recommended, 100% binary-compatible with RHEL, broad community. AlmaLinux 9: equivalent, backed by CloudLinux. CentOS Stream 9: upstream of RHEL, more recent but less stable for production.
CentOS 7 hit EOL on 30 June 2024. There is no in-place migration to EL9 (major jump). Recommended path: 1) Order a new Rocky Linux 9 or AlmaLinux 9 VPS. 2) Reinstall your stack (yum/dnf). 3) Migrate data (rsync, SQL dump). 4) Switch DNS. Our support team ships a detailed guide and can run the migration as a service.
dnf is the modern successor to yum since RHEL 8 / CentOS Stream 8. Syntax is nearly identical (dnf install nginx instead of yum install nginx). dnf is faster, handles dependencies better and supports modules. yum remains an alias to dnf for compatibility.
Enforcing (default): maximum security, recommended in production. Permissive: logs violations without blocking, useful for debug. Disabled: avoid unless exceptional case. To change: sudo setenforce 0 (temporary) or edit /etc/selinux/config (permanent). On app trouble, check journalctl | grep -i selinux and craft policies with audit2allow.
cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk and CyberPanel are all compatible with Rocky Linux 9, AlmaLinux 9 and CentOS Stream 9. Standard install via the official script. Note: the cPanel licence is not included and must be purchased separately.
Modern LEMP: Nginx + PHP-FPM (from the Remi repo for PHP 8.x) + MariaDB or PostgreSQL. Or LAMP: Apache + PHP + MySQL. All installable through dnf. To manage multiple sites consider Plesk (licence) or Webmin (free).