CloudLinux

One of the key players of Linux world, CloudLinux aims to make Linux secure, stable, and profitable with more than 200,000 product installations and 4,000 customers, including Liquid Web, 1&1, and Dell, CloudLinux combines in-depth technical knowledge of hosting, kernel development, and open source with unique client care expertise. CloudLinux was founded by Igor Seletskiy in 2010 and he is still CEO of CloudLinux.

Its flagship product CloudLinux OS currently runs on more than 60,000 production servers and powers more than 20 million websites. It comes with special security, stalability features including LVE manager, MySQL governor, CageFS, HardenedPHP and SecureLinks. CloudLinux OS increases server density and enhances security, thus reducing operating costs, decreasing churn rates, and increasing profitability. It is designed for shared hosting providers. While isolating each customer into a separate “Lightweight Virtualized Environment” (LVE), CloudLinux OS also “cages” tenants from one another to avoid security breaches.

Another product of the company, KernelCare is a live kernel security patching tool for Linux servers and devices. It delivers the latest security patches for different Linux server distros applied automatically to the running kernel in nanoseconds. KernelCare works in both, live and staging environments, and for servers located behind the firewall. There is also an ePortal to help customers to manage KernelCare easily.

Imunify360 is the security solution for Linux web servers based on machine learning technology. CloudLinux’s security solution utilizes a multi-layer approach to ensure precision targeting and eradication of malware and viruses.

Currently, CloudLinux committed over $1 million annually for the development of its own RHEL fork. Its own RHEL fork and CentOS replacement, AlmaLinux, is an open-source and community-driven RHEL fork. CloudLinux has 10 years of experience in building a hardened CentOS Linux for data centers and web hosting companies. The company combines technical knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, kernel development, and open source with client care expertise.