CentOS Stream VPS — hosted in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam & Lagos
CentOS Stream VPS Hosting
CentOS Stream 9, live in 60 seconds.
CentOS today means CentOS Stream — the continuously delivered distro that runs just ahead of RHEL. Full root with SSH keys, cloud-init on first boot, and the image is free — you only pay for the server.
- Deploy in under 60 seconds
- 99.9% uptime SLA
- Three locally-hosted regions — Nairobi, Dar es Salaam & Lagos
- Data sovereignty — your data stays in-country
- Free DDoS protection
No credit card required · Local billing in KES, TZS & NGN
Pricing
Simple plans, billed in your currency
Pay in local currency — no cards, no forex surprises. Every plan is full root, full network, no throttling. Annual billing gets you two months free.
S2
Small workloads and personal projects.
Hosted in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam & Lagos
- 1 vCPU
- 2 GB RAM
- 40 GB SSD
- 1 Gbps · unlimited local traffic
- 1 dedicated IPv4
- /64 IPv6 included
M1
Web servers and small databases.
Hosted in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam & Lagos
- 2 vCPU
- 4 GB RAM
- 80 GB SSD
- 1 Gbps · unlimited local traffic
- 1 dedicated IPv4
- /64 IPv6 included
L1
Production web applications.
Hosted in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam & Lagos
- 4 vCPU
- 8 GB RAM
- 160 GB SSD
- 1 Gbps · unlimited local traffic
- 1 dedicated IPv4
- /64 IPv6 included
XL1
High-traffic applications.
Hosted in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam & Lagos
- 8 vCPU
- 16 GB RAM
- 320 GB SSD
- 1 Gbps · unlimited local traffic
- 1 dedicated IPv4
- /64 IPv6 included
XXL
Enterprise applications.
Hosted in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam & Lagos
- 16 vCPU
- 32 GB RAM
- 640 GB SSD
- 1 Gbps · unlimited local traffic
- 1 dedicated IPv4
- /64 IPv6 included
XXXL
Massive workloads and consolidation.
Hosted in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam & Lagos
- 32 vCPU
- 64 GB RAM
- 1280 GB SSD
- 1 Gbps · unlimited local traffic
- 1 dedicated IPv4
- /64 IPv6 included
Prices exclude VAT. Local currency figures are indicative and settled at checkout. Need more cores or memory? Talk to Sales.
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Why CentOS Stream
Why CentOS Stream on Lineserve
CentOS Stream sits between Fedora and RHEL: the same enterprise base, continuously updated, a step ahead of what ships in RHEL — with dnf, systemd and SELinux exactly where your runbooks expect them.
- The RHEL family's tooling and layout — dnf, systemd, SELinux.
- Continuously delivered updates that preview the next RHEL minor release.
- A familiar home for teams with years of CentOS experience.
- The image is free on every plan — you only pay for the server.
CentOS Stream images
Updated regularly
Use cases
What people run on CentOS Stream
CentOS-era workloads
Web servers, PHP stacks and services your team has run on CentOS for years.
Tracking RHEL's direction
See what's coming to RHEL, Rocky and AlmaLinux before it ships.
CI & compatibility testing
Validate your software against the next RHEL minor before your customers hit it.
Containers & Podman
Rootless containers with the RHEL family's Podman tooling built in.
Databases
PostgreSQL, MySQL or MariaDB on NVMe, with SELinux enforcing by default.
Infrastructure services
Monitoring, DNS and the glue services enterprise networks run on.
Regions & latency
Three live regions. More on the way.
Deploy close to your users and keep traffic on the continent. Single-digit latency within each metro, measured to nearby peering points.
Kenya
Nairobi · ke-1a
2 ms
Nairobi metro
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam · tz-1a
6 ms
Dar es Salaam metro
Nigeria
Lagos · ng-1a
4 ms
Lagos metro
Uptime SLA
99.9%
- Service credits applied automatically when we miss the SLA
- Measured monthly, per region, on network and power availability
- Tier III colocation facilities across all live regions
Support & reliability
Local support, in your timezone
Reach a real engineer who understands your region and works your hours — not a queue three continents away. Backed by a 99.9% uptime SLA on every plan.
Kenya & region
+254 777 002 001
Tanzania
+255 761 847 121
FAQ
Questions, answered
CentOS Stream 9. CentOS Linux was discontinued upstream — Stream is its continuation, sitting just ahead of RHEL rather than just behind it. If you want the classic rebuild-of-RHEL experience, we also offer Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux.
For most workloads, yes — it's the same enterprise base as RHEL with continuously delivered, tested updates. Teams that want fixed point releases with a ten-year lifecycle usually pick Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux instead; all three are free on every plan.
CentOS Stream 9 is available at deploy time and kept current. You can also bring your own image with a custom ISO.
Yes. All Linux images, CentOS Stream included, are free on every plan — the plan price is the full price of the server.
Yes. Every CentOS Stream VPS gives you complete root access and SSH key authentication from the moment it boots. It's your server to configure however you like.
Yes. The cleanest route is to deploy a fresh Rocky or AlmaLinux server and migrate your workload — deploys take under a minute, and your runbooks carry over almost unchanged. Snapshot first, as always.
Every plan supports on-demand snapshots and scheduled automated backups. Snapshot storage is billed per GB beyond your included allowance.
Your data stays in the region you deploy to. Across our data centres in Nairobi (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), and Lagos (Nigeria) it never has to leave the continent — deploy in the country closest to your users and your data is held there.
In whichever of our three regions you choose — Nairobi (ke-1a), Dar es Salaam (tz-1a), or Lagos (ng-1a). Your content is stored and served from that in-country facility.
Pay in USD by card or bank transfer — or switch to our Kenya, Tanzania, or Nigeria market to pay locally in KES, TZS, or NGN with methods like M-Pesa.
You can view and pay in USD, or switch to a local market to pay in KES (Kenya), TZS (Tanzania), or NGN (Nigeria). You're settled in the currency you choose at checkout.
Deploy your CentOS Stream VPS in under 60 seconds
Full root, running close to your users. Pay in local currency, with no card required to start.
No credit card required · 99.9% uptime SLA · Local billing in KES, TZS & NGN