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Choose hosting providers supporting CentOS 7 or 8 (or its successors like CentOS Stream) CentOS is favored for its enterprise-grade stability making it ideal for hosting control panels like cPanel and managing MySQL databases Providers like Vultr offer CentOS images allowing you to use yum or dnf for package management Confirm this by reviewing their OS selection page—look for \"CentOS 7 x64\" or similar Its compatibility with iptables firewalls and sshd for SSH ensures secure VPS setups CentOS’s long lifecycle (e g CentOS 7 supported until 2024) minimizes disruptions but note the shift to Stream for bleeding-edge updates Run
cat /etc/centos-release
post-deployment to check the version ensuring it matches your needs for uptime and security

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