How to find CentOS version installed October 9, 2013 SSH Tutorials You can check the centOS version installed on your dedicated server / VPS using any of the following SSH command. [alert style=green_a] cat /etc/*release* [/alert] [alert style=green_a] cat /etc/redhat-release [/alert] [alert style=green_a] cat /etc/centos-release [/alert]