{"id":1091,"date":"2021-02-26T12:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/02\/26\/4971251-how-to-use-the-centos-panel-with-vps-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:11","slug":"4971251-how-to-use-the-centos-panel-with-vps-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4971251-how-to-use-the-centos-panel-with-vps-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the CentOS Panel With VPS at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>CentOS<\/b> is one of the OS templates available for our VPS plans. You can choose it while setting up your VPS for the first time or <b><a href=\"\/support\/4965922-how-to-change-the-operating-system-for-your-vps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">change it<\/a><\/b> later anytime.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #d7efdc80;border-color: #1bb15733\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Visit our <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/vps\/centos-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">CentOS VPS hosting<\/a><\/b> page to explore the available plans &#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_171d592bce\">Recommendations<\/h2><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">A VPS with <b>2GB RAM<\/b> is recommended for CentOS to run smoothly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Enabling <b>mod_security <\/b>is <b>not recommended<\/b> with CentOS unless you are absolutely sure what you are doing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_d701447140\">Logging In<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you get your VPS running with the CentOS panel, you will be able to log in to your control panel using these links: <\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>http:\/\/your_vps_ip:2030<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>https:\/\/your_vps_ip:2031 <\/b>(this will require you to accept an untrusted SSL certificate)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">The default login details will be as follows:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Username<\/b>: root<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Password<\/b>: your root password<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_7d8723900c\">Activation<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once logged in, set up and activate your server by following our <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.hostinger.com\/vps\/how-to-enable-nginx-varnish-apache-and-php-fpm-with-all-extensions-of-php-7\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">installation guide<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Make sure to replace <b>your_vps_ip<\/b> with the <b><a href=\"\/support\/5139756-how-to-find-vps-ip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">IP address of your server<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Check CentOS documentation online at <b><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.centos-webpanel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">wiki.centos-webpanel.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Follow the CentOS <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.hostinger.com\/vps\/how-to-enable-nginx-varnish-apache-and-php-fpm-with-all-extensions-of-php-7\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">installation guide<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessing and setting up the 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