{"id":2558,"date":"2015-08-06T10:52:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T10:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=2558"},"modified":"2021-02-09T05:24:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T05:24:28","slug":"how-to-check-your-vpsserver-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-check-your-vpsserver-os\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check your VPS\/Server OS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you have recently purchased a VPS, but not sure what OS of Linux it is.So here are some of useful Unix commands to check what Linux Distribution is running on your server with additional information about version number, release codename, and kernel version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Check version details with distribution name<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are several commands you can use:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">cat \/etc\/*-release\r\ncat \/etc\/issue<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Check Linux VPS kernel version<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are two commands we can use:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true  \">cat \/proc\/version\r\nuname -a<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That\u2019s all.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have recently purchased a VPS, but not sure what OS of Linux it is.So here are some of useful Unix commands to check what Linux Distribution is running on your server with additional information about version number, release codename, and kernel version. 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