CentOS Primary Use Case

MohammedThousif Ansari - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Tata Communications Ltd

CentOS is one of the standard platforms we use to perform jobs.

There was a team of 15 people who were using this solution.

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Arif-Kundi - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at BazTech

My company plans to drop the use of CentOS since Red Hat has stopped offering it support.

The tool was useful for hosting our company's website and email servers.

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AQ
Senior System Admin at Tepco-Group

In my company, we use CentOS to work in my test environments on my laptop. I didn't implement CentOS on the enterprise server.

My company uses it like a work server, and I got access to services provided by Apache and ManageEngine, which I used to deploy solutions, especially the minor ones like Elasticsearch. I didn't use other solutions because of security reasons in my company. I use it for testing purposes related to DNS servers, directory servers, binding servers, and Hyper-V servers, which are minor cases.

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Vijay Muddu - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager server admin and security at Vivaconnect

It's normally next to our operating system, which helps us to install our servers, et cetera.

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Ayman Allam - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps and Automation Lead | Technical Expert at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

I primarily use the solution for personal and testing purposes. It's used as an operating system. 

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Sajjad Raza - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President | Services Group Leader at Afiniti

On CentOS, we use Docker to run our different services, which are interconnected among themselves.

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Yilmaz Cagri Isbuga - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Owner at Tekbilge Internet Technologies Ltd & IDA LTD

I chose CentOS because it's easy to understand and user friendly. If you read the code base and know the operation system that you're using and which folder contains which part, it's easy to use.

I started using CentOS because our website customers started to increase, and I couldn't manage them. I realized I needed to make a structured system to start this, and I installed the website panel from Windows. I started using Windows, but I was mostly making websites like Joomla, Mambo, and WordPress, which aren't compatible with the IIS system from Windows. I started having some problems with the email service from Windows.

For the past two years, I have been providing this solution to my customers. Currently, there are four people using this solution. One person does SEO for the back-linked part of a project. Another person works on UI/UX, and I also have a VHMGC engineer that knows the Smarty framework.

I'm using the terminal based version of CentOS, but I also prefer to use software that I build. For example, I use Plesk GUI, but if there's a problem, it's not fixed with my software interfaces. I have to log into the terminal and create it. I can use one of my machines that resides in my system with the proxy under the security. I have a lot of servers, so I'm able to log in on any terminal or the Windows space.

I'm a software engineer. I'm also working on a robotic base with the Raspbian base. Raspbian is the same as Linux, so I'm using the Debian part.

I'm using direct CentOS distribution from the ISO, but I'm not using the cloud. There are many differences between the cloud and dedicated servers.

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Erick-Guevara - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Server Manager at Centro Nacional de Registros

CentOS is an operating system for business. Basically, it is used for application servers used for deploying.

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BB
Senior Unix System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have very varied, different uses. Mostly it's an appliance for applications.

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Kevin Honde - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Solution Architect at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe

We use this solution for any server that needs the database, for any service applications that are Linux compatible.

We use a specific version for each user, but when we do a system, we use the latest. We deploy the latest version except when a vendor specifies a different version.

Usually, the developers request service for themselves and then the people using those servers will be varied. There are so many people using this solution that we cannot determine the exact number. There are some internal systems like finance or HR, for example. So, the numbers are not consistent.

As more products and requests come out, I think we are increasing the number of users.

The solution is deployed on-premises.

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MM
Group CEO at Mmusi Group

I use CentOS for business applications and personal applications. Because Linux is an operating system, the use case will differ from person to person. We used it to host our scripting servers and infrastructure layout.

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VM
Cloud solution architect at 0

Many of my customers use Linux as their client operating system because it is more secure. Since it doesn't have a UI and there are a lot of anomalies and viruses affecting the UI-related applications, some customers prefer to have an operating system without a UI. I have seen most people use CentOS, Red Hat, or Ubuntu as a client operating system or server.

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VivekSaini - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Aon Corporation

The solution is the equivalent to Red Hat, so everything is good and very equivalent. If you can't afford to have Red Hat, you can use CentOS. I primarily use the solution for testing purposes. 

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Ibidapo Ibrahim - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT Infrastructure at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I use the solution as a web application server. I use it with Apache. 

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DM
Head of Department of operational and compliance at ACE GABON

We use this solution for web applications. We are customers of CentOS and I'm head of the operations and compliance department.

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SulaimanMustapha - PeerSpot reviewer
CRS at Kneedrag

This solution is mainly used for testing and development purposes.

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Phat Chau - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution architect at EASY CREDIT Vietnam

We use CentOS for repository features.

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MI
Chief Product Officer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

We deploy our products onto the solution. We use it as an OS. Our support team deploys it to customers. 

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Muhammad-Mwinchande - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at NMB Bank

I am using CentOS for hosting applications.

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Victor Sibanda - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Equilogic Technologies

We have a team of ten who use the solution for Linux-based SIEM and network monitoring. 

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DM
3D Artist at Daromex

I'm using the solution for storage. It’s a specialized storage service.

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SK
Group DWH and BI Senior Manager at Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa

We use CentOS in conjunction with our applications and databases.

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Cuneyt Gurses - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect, DevOps Engineer at sonne technology

CentOS is an operating system, and our applications are running on EC2 instances.

I am using the latest version, which is version 6.9. 

It's a Linux operating system, but it's compatible with cloud solutions.

This solution is used by over 1,000 clients. We don't plan on increasing usage because Red Hat announced that support has ended for CentOS.

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RK
Senior Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We primarily use the solution to build our applications. 

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Taher Dungrawala - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery head at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

We use CentOS an operating system if we want to install or do some processing.

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Aakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Architect at HCL Technologies

CentOS is mainly used for server installations and VMs.

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D6B8 - PeerSpot reviewer
District Technology at INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

We use CentOS whenever we can to help bridge services or to add another layer to our infrastructure. We currently use CentOS for monitoring orientated tasks, but it has been our chosen distribution for our enterprise for a few years.

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Evans Choge - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Administrator at Jambopay

Our primary use case for the solution is utilizing it as an OS in a virtualized environment. It helps us install and deploy our applications and other services accessed by other users, internally and externally. The solution is deployed on-premises.

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VP
Technial Lead at a manufacturing company with 1-10 employees

It can be used for setting up virtual spaces and the development environment. We have CentOS VPS.

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SK
System Administrator at Confidential

The primary use case for the solution is to host web servers, application servers, or databases.

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MM
Senior manager at SBI Cap security

I mainly use CentOS to host training-related applications.

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NP
Teaching and research assistant at a university with 201-500 employees

CentOS is a platform that is specifically used for tools that are required in our organization.

We found a way to adapt it to our own needs.

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Octavian Enache - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Officer at TBI Bank

I use CentOS for business applications and personal use.

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HetulPatel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior data engineer at Tiger Analytics

We use CentOS for our transactions and our data warehouse server. We established a replication between those servers.

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RS
Head Channel and Capacity at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Our primary use case of CentOS is running our personal applications. We use it on practically all of the machines and servers. It's deployed on-prem. 

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MA
Technical Presales Consultant/ Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

It can be used for data centers to run the servers.

CentOS is a test bench for Red Hat. When Red Hat is testing new software, they will test it out in CentOS and Fedora. They will give it to the public, the public will complain about all the issues, then they will fix it, and include it in Red Hat.

I am not using it for the organization. However, I am using it in the business. For example, I help many clients back up Linux servers or protect Linux servers. But I am a Linux user at home, and I have been implementing products that revolve around Linux.

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CC
Security Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I use the solution as a SIEM tool for system locking purposes.

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Fabián Balseca Chávez - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Presales Engineer at GMS Seguridad de la Información

Our company has fourteen administrators and developers who use the solution to develop code. 

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TS
Team Leader Operations at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

We use this solution for our telecommunications platform and call center application for video, text and audio calls.

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DC
Consultant at a educational organization with 11-50 employees

The solution has many types of use cases. 

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OF
Director of Electronic procurement department at a government with 51-200 employees

Support of public systems

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SB
Sr Manager - Information Security & Researcher at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use CentOS Seven.

The solution allows us to run our personal and business applications. 

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DB
MIS Specialist at a agriculture with 201-500 employees

Our file management system is based on CentOS.

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AD
Systems and Virtualization Engineer at Altelios Technology Group

I use CentOS as an operating system for many of the services we are using.

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FK
Managing Partner at Veribir Ltd

We have been using CentOS for web-based applications, containers, and OpenStack.

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MW
Project Manager at Realnux

We are using this solution as an operating system for scientific computing.

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FE
Senior System Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Most of the time, I use CentOS for deploying Tomcat to run web applications. I use it to run Docker, as well.

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HT
System Engineer at CMC CSI saigon

We use it for the DNS server, and we have some in-house apps that we are running on it for internal processes.

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MF
Manager Tech. & Support (Information Technology) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We are using CentOS for some of our applications on one single server.

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NS
Storage Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I run my personal applications on CentOS.

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Buyer's Guide
CentOS
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about CentOS. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
767,319 professionals have used our research since 2012.