Rocky Linux VPS — hosted in Lagos
Rocky Linux VPS Hosting in Nigeria
RHEL-compatible, ready in 60 seconds.
Enterprise Linux without the license: Rocky is built to be bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 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 Nigeria's Data Protection Act (NDPA) — 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 Rocky Linux
Why Rocky Linux on Lineserve
Founded by CentOS's original creator after CentOS Linux was discontinued, Rocky rebuilds RHEL for everyone — enterprise-grade Linux with a ten-year lifecycle, free.
- Bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- The natural home for workloads that used to run on CentOS.
- Ten-year lifecycle per major release — patch, don't migrate.
- The image is free on every plan — you only pay for the server.
Rocky Linux images
Updated regularly
Use cases
What people run on Rocky Linux
CentOS replacements
Move workloads off end-of-life CentOS onto the distro built to take its place.
Enterprise applications
Anything certified or documented for RHEL 9 runs the same here — without the subscription.
Java & backend services
Long-supported base for JVM apps and services that outlive release cycles.
Databases
PostgreSQL, MySQL or MariaDB on NVMe, with SELinux enforcing by default.
SELinux-hardened workloads
Security-first deployments that lean on the RHEL family's hardening story.
Infrastructure services
FreeIPA, monitoring stacks, 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
Yes — Rocky Linux is built from the same sources to be bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Software documented or certified for RHEL 9 runs identically on Rocky 9.
That's exactly what Rocky was created for, by one of CentOS's original founders. dnf, systemd, SELinux and the file layout all work the way your CentOS runbooks expect.
Rocky Linux 9 is available at deploy time and kept current. You can also bring your own image with a custom ISO.
Yes. All Linux images, Rocky included, are free on every plan — the plan price is the full price of the server.
Yes. Every Rocky Linux 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 Nigeria and stays in-country, giving you data residency for Nigeria's Data Protection Act (NDPA). It isn't moved out of Nigeria without your instruction.
In our Lagos data centre (ng-1a). Your content is stored and served from Lagos, close to your users.
Pay in Naira by card or bank transfer. No foreign card or forex conversion is required.
You're billed in NGN. Prices can be viewed in USD, KES, TZS, or NGN, but as a Nigeria customer you pay in NGN with no forex conversion.
Deploy your Rocky Linux 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