AlmaLinux VPS — hosted in Nairobi
AlmaLinux VPS Hosting in Kenya
The CentOS successor, live in 60 seconds.
Community-owned enterprise Linux, compatible with RHEL and the OS of choice for cPanel hosting. Full root with SSH keys, cloud-init on first boot, and the image is free.
- Deploy in under 60 seconds
- 99.9% uptime SLA
- Three locally-hosted regions — Nairobi, Dar es Salaam & Lagos
- Data residency for Kenya's Data Protection Act — 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 AlmaLinux
Why AlmaLinux on Lineserve
AlmaLinux picked up where CentOS left off: enterprise Linux owned by a non-profit foundation, compatible with RHEL, and the platform web hosts standardised on.
- Compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
- Officially supported by cPanel — the hosting industry's default panel OS.
- Governed by a community non-profit — no single vendor controls it.
- The image is free on every plan — you only pay for the server.
AlmaLinux images
Updated regularly
Use cases
What people run on AlmaLinux
cPanel/WHM hosting
AlmaLinux is a cPanel-supported OS — build your hosting business on it. Panel license sold separately.
CentOS replacements
The other natural successor to CentOS — your existing runbooks carry over.
PHP hosting stacks
WordPress, WooCommerce and PHP apps on the RHEL family's predictable base.
Enterprise applications
Anything documented for RHEL 9 runs the same here — without the subscription.
Databases
PostgreSQL, MySQL or MariaDB on NVMe, with SELinux enforcing by default.
Reseller infrastructure
Agencies and resellers running many client sites on one hardened, familiar base.
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
Yes — AlmaLinux 9 is built to be application-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Software documented or certified for RHEL runs on AlmaLinux without changes in practice.
Yes. AlmaLinux is one of cPanel's officially supported operating systems — it's the OS most cPanel servers run today. You bring your own cPanel license; the OS itself is free.
They're close cousins: both free, RHEL-compatible CentOS successors. AlmaLinux is the safer pick for cPanel and web-hosting stacks; otherwise the choice mostly comes down to which community you prefer. We offer both.
AlmaLinux 9 is available at deploy time and kept current. You can also bring your own image with a custom ISO.
Yes. Every AlmaLinux 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. Resize to a larger plan as your workload grows, with minimal downtime. Compute and storage scale together across the tiers.
Every plan supports on-demand snapshots and scheduled automated backups. Snapshot storage is billed per GB beyond your included allowance.
Yes. Your data is hosted in Kenya and stays in-country, giving you data residency for Kenya's Data Protection Act. It isn't moved out of Kenya without your instruction.
In our Nairobi data centre (ke-1a). Your content is stored and served from Nairobi, close to your users.
Pay in your local currency using M-Pesa and other mobile money, bank transfer, or card. No foreign card or forex conversion is required.
You're billed in KES. Prices can be viewed in USD, KES, TZS, or NGN, but as a Kenya customer you pay in KES with no forex conversion.
Deploy your AlmaLinux 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