Upstream of RHEL
New features get added to CentOS Stream months prior to RHEL's next minor release. This is where the RHEL upstream development work happens for the next RHEL minor release.
CentOS Stream VPS
CentOS Stream VPS, upstream of RHEL.
We provision CentOS Stream 10 and CentOS Stream 9 for development of applications on AMD EPYC Genoa nodes with storage in NVMe RAID10 and memory ECC enabled. This is the continuously-delivered upstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux minor releases, with the latest kernel and packages.
First month $1, then the normal monthly price. One per customer.
There is no cost for a subscription, and the distribution is managed with the dnf package manager, has support for SELinux and AppStream, and is 100% part of the RHEL ecosystem ('Full RHEL Ecosystem').
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CentOS Stream VPS plans and prices
Software Freedom Day: your server, your kernel, your rules. 10% off every month for as long as you keep your server.FREEDOMStart a VPS with this code
1:2 to 1:4Shared vCPU on EPYC Milan, capped at one to four shares per node, with the node headroom left unsold.
| Plan | vCPU | Memory | NVMe | Traffic | Monthly | 1 year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | |||||||
| S-2Standard | 1vCPU | 2 GBMemory | 30 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $7.99/moFirst month $1 | $7.19/mo on 1 year | Start for $1 |
| S-4Standard | 2vCPU | 4 GBMemory | 60 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $13.99/moFirst month $1 | $12.59/mo on 1 year | Start for $1 |
| S-8Standard | 3vCPU | 8 GBMemory | 120 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $24.99/moFirst month $1 | $22.49/mo on 1 year | Start for $1 |
| S-16Standard | 4vCPU | 16 GBMemory | 240 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $44.99/moFirst month $1 | $40.49/mo on 1 year | Start for $1 |
| S-32Standard | 8vCPU | 32 GBMemory | 480 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $84.99/moFirst month $1 | $76.49/mo on 1 year | Start for $1 |
| S-64Standard | 16vCPU | 64 GBMemory | 720 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $159.99/moFirst month $1 | $143.99/mo on 1 year | Start for $1 |
| Dedicated CPU | |||||||
| D-4Dedicated | 1vCPU | 4 GBMemory | 45 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $37.00/moFirst month $1 | $31.45/mo on 1 year | Start for $1 |
| D-8Dedicated | 4vCPU | 8 GBMemory | 90 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $69.00/moFirst month $1 | $58.65/mo on 1 year | Start for $1 |
| D-16Dedicated | 4vCPU | 16 GBMemory | 160 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $118.00/moFirst month $1 | $100.30/mo on 1 year | Start for $1 |
| D-32Dedicated | 6vCPU | 32 GBMemory | 220 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $215.00/mo | $182.75/mo on 1 year | Deploy D-32 |
| D-64Dedicated | 10vCPU | 64 GBMemory | 400 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $377.00/mo | $320.45/mo on 1 year | Deploy D-64 |
| High Memory | |||||||
| H-64High Memory | 8vCPU | 64 GBMemory | 480 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $249.00/mo | $211.65/mo on 1 year | Deploy H-64 |
| H-128High Memory | 16vCPU | 128 GBMemory | 960 GBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $459.00/mo | $390.15/mo on 1 year | Deploy H-128 |
| H-192High Memory | 24vCPU | 192 GBMemory | 1.4 TBNVMe RAID10 | UnlimitedTraffic | $669.00/mo | $568.65/mo on 1 year | Deploy H-192 |
Prices in USD. Code FREEDOM gives 10% off every month for as long as you keep your server, on monthly and yearly terms.
Why developers run CentOS Stream.
CentOS Stream is a distribution for the development of applications for the next RHEL minor release. Here's why this distribution is in the panel of distributions for developers that we speak to:
Available right now.
CentOS Stream 10 and CentOS Stream 9 are both in the panel.
CentOS Stream 10
The upstream of RHEL 10, under active development until 2030. Kernel 6.12 base with a continuous stream of kernel and package updates.
CentOS Stream 9
The upstream of RHEL 9, under active development until May 2027. Kernel 5.14 base.
Where CentOS Stream fits a team.
Development of RHEL applications, CI/build testing of RHEL applications, testing within the RHEL ecosystem. For production workloads, which require "frozen" behavior, distributions like AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux are generally preferred.
NVMe RAID10 and EPYC, in numbers.
The following numbers are the median of 5 runs on a Dedicated CPU instance in Amsterdam (4 pinned EPYC Genoa cores, 8 GB DDR5 ECC memory, NVMe RAID10), more details on the benchmarks and individual Geekbench profiles can be found on the benchmarks page for the specific benchmark.
Everything you need to operate it.
All you need to run it. The control panel and API have all the operations for full life cycle control. All fully supported without need for any support tickets. The API is very easy to script and is fully supported end to end with Terraform and Ansible.
- Reboot, shutdown, force-reset
- Reboot/Shutdown/Force-reset: all from panel or API (hard-reset of server is possible when it's unresponsive, acpishutdown otherwise).
- Reinstall any supported OS
- Remove server, in less than 1 minute provision new server from scratch with any supported OS (your SSH keys are automatically added to new server via Cloud-Init).
- Rescue mode
- Reboot, shutdown, hard-reset VPS's. Boot up VPS's in rescue mode to repair files systems, fix boot problems, reset root password, etc. Also, you can attach custom ISO in the HTML5 console to perform an install of supported Linux distributions.
- Custom ISO upload
- Upload a custom ISO for any 64-bit Linux distribution. This can then be installed from the HTML5 console for that VPS.
- HTML5 console
- We provide an HTML5 console to connect to your VPS if the SSH configuration fails for whatever reason.
- Reverse DNS (PTR)
- For all servers: Set IPv4 and IPv6 PTR records.
- SSH key management
- Upload an existing SSH key and servers subsequently created will have this key attached to them. Cloud-Init will add the SSH key during the first boot of the server.
- REST API
- Deploy, resize, power-cycle and snapshot servers through a full REST API that also covers volumes, backups, ISO uploads, firewall rules, SSH keys and recipes. Generate API credentials and drive everything from Terraform, Ansible or your own CI/CD pipeline.
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Common questions
FAQ about running CentOS Stream on BuyVPS.
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FAQ
Common questions
Which CentOS Stream version do you support in the panel?
CentOS Stream 9. Deploys in under a minute via Cloud-Init.
How is Stream different from the old CentOS Linux?
CentOS Linux (pre-2022) was a downstream rebuild of RHEL. Stream is the upstream that feeds into RHEL minor releases. Different position in the development chain.
Is CentOS Stream production-ready?
It is production-ready, but you accept rolling kernel and package updates. AlmaLinux or Rocky are better picks if you need frozen RHEL-stable behaviour.
Can I run cPanel on CentOS Stream?
cPanel does not officially support Stream. For cPanel use AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky Linux 9 instead.
Will CentOS Stream 10 be available?
Stream 10 is in active development upstream of RHEL 10. We will add it to the panel image library when it is stable.
How does Stream get its updates?
It updates continuously from the upstream development of the next RHEL minor release. Kernel and AppStream module updates land sooner than in AlmaLinux or Rocky.
Can I migrate from Stream to AlmaLinux or Rocky?
Yes. The almalinux-deploy and migrate2rocky scripts both handle conversion. Snapshot first.
Is SELinux enforced by default?
Yes, enforcing mode. The standard RHEL configuration.
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Deploy CentOS Stream on a measured VPS
From $6.79/mo on a 2-year term, no setup fee. Paste this cloud-init to boot hardened in one step:
#cloud-config
package_update: true
packages: [ufw, fail2ban]
runcmd:
- ufw allow OpenSSH
- ufw --force enable
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