What is OpenLiteSpeed?

OpenLiteSpeed is an open source web server, released under the GPL license that guarantees access to the code. According to the official website of the project, OpenLiteSpeed combines speed, security, scalability, optimization and simplicity in one friendly open-source package.

On the other hand, it has quite peculiar characteristics that make it easy to access without losing robustness.

Another important aspect to emphasize is that this is the free version of LiteSpeed web server. Therefore, stability and robustness are guaranteed.

OpenLiteSpeed features

OpenLiteSpeed comes with a number of important features such as the following:

• It has enormous scalability. Thanks to an event driven architecture.
• It is able to understand Apache rewriting rules. Which makes if you have used this web server, the transition is easy.
• It allows to install WordPress, MariaDB and the server with a single click.
• It integrates strong security measures. This mitigates attacks and performance issues.
• Integrates Google’s web site acceleration system.
• Native SAPI for PHP allows external applications written in PHP to run up to 50% faster.

So, let us install it.

Install OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 20.04 / Debian 10

Unfortunately, OpenLiteSpeed is not in the official Ubuntu 20.04 / Debian 10 repositories. However, this does not mean that it can be easily installed thanks to the repository that developers have for Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu 20.04 / Debian 10

So, the first step is to add the OpenLiteSpeed repository.

:~$ wget -O - http://rpms.litespeedtech.com/debian/enable_lst_debian_repo.sh | sudo bash

Once the whole process is completed, you will be successfully added to the system’s repository list.

Now install the application by refreshing the APT cache and running the following command:

:~$ sudo apt update
:~$ sudo apt install openlitespeed
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
aspell aspell-en dictionaries-common emacsen-common enchant hunspell-en-us libaspell15 libc-client2007e libenchant1c2a libhunspell-1.7-0 libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg8
libxpm4 libzip5 lsphp73 lsphp73-common lsphp73-imap lsphp73-json lsphp73-mysql lsphp73-opcache mlock php-common php-readline php7.4-common php7.4-readline rcs
Suggested packages:
aspell-doc spellutils wordlist hunspell openoffice.org-hunspell | openoffice.org-core uw-mailutils libenchant-voikko php-pear php-user-cache
The following NEW packages will be installed:
aspell aspell-en dictionaries-common emacsen-common enchant hunspell-en-us libaspell15 libc-client2007e libenchant1c2a libhunspell-1.7-0 libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg8
libxpm4 libzip5 lsphp73 lsphp73-common lsphp73-imap lsphp73-json lsphp73-mysql lsphp73-opcache mlock openlitespeed php-common php-readline php7.4-common
php7.4-readline rcs
0 upgraded, 27 newly installed, 0 to remove and 46 not upgraded.
Need to get 20.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 93.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

Also, install the package that installs PHP 7.4 support for OpenLiteSpeed. We chose version 7.4 because it is updated and is the one that Ubuntu incorporates in its repositories.

:~$ sudo apt install lsphp74
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libonig5 libwebp6 lsphp74-common lsphp74-json lsphp74-opcache
Suggested packages:
php-pear php-user-cache
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libonig5 libwebp6 lsphp74 lsphp74-common lsphp74-json lsphp74-opcache
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 46 not upgraded.
Need to get 9272 kB of archives.
After this operation, 46.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

Now, enable PHP 7.4 support for OpenLiteSpeed.

:~$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/lsws/lsphp74/bin/lsphp /usr/local/lsws/fcgi-bin/lsphp5

Now, you can start running OpenLiteSpeed.

:~$ sudo /usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl start
[OK] Send SIGUSR1 to 5745

One of the things I like most about OpenLiteSpeed is its powerful graphical interface. With it, you can manage the webserver in a very fast and comfortable way. This graphical interface works through port 7080 and requires a username and password.

So, to create the password and username, you have to execute the following command:

:~$ sudo /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/admpass.sh
Please specify the user name of administrator.
This is the user name required to login the administration Web interface.
User name [admin]: admin
Please specify the administrator's password.
This is the password required to login the administration Web interface.
Password:
Retype password:
Administrator's username/password is updated successfully!

Configuring OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 20.04 / Debian 10

After that, you can visit the OpenLiteSpeed web interface. Open your favorite web browser and go to http://server-ip:8070 and you will see the following screen.

Type in your created credentials and then you will see the dashboard.

By default, the OpenLiteSpeed virtual host accepts connections on port 8088. It usually accepts requests on port 80, which is HTTP.

Changing this is quite easy. First, from the left link go to the Listeners section.

There you will see some basic information about the default Listener which as you can see, is listening for port 8088. Under the Action section, click on the magnifying glass icon to see all the data for it.

On this screen, you will see all the information about the default Listener. On the right side, you will see the edit icon. Click on it.

Now you can change whatever you want. In this case, we are coming through the port. Place the port 80 and save the changes by clicking on the diskette icon.

Now that the changes can be applied you have to do a graceful restart. Click on the OpenLiteSpeed icon and there you will see the button that does it.

Now you can go to http://your-server and you will see the default OpenLiteSpeed page indicating that everything is fine.

Finally, it’s a good idea to check the PHP support. So, create a new PHP file in /usr/local/lsws/Example/html/ which is Virtualhost’s default Document Root.

:~$ sudo nano /usr/local/lsws/Example/html/test.php
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Save the changes and close the file.

So, open it using the web browser http://your-server/test.php

So, enjoy it.

Conclusion

n this post, we have met another quite popular web server as OpenLiteSpeed. In a market dominated by Apache and Nginx it’s always nice to have other alternatives for our projects.

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The term Virtual Host refers to making more than one Website work on a single machine. Virtual websites can be “IP-based”, which means that each website has a different IP address, or “name-based”, which means that with a single IP address, websites with different domain names are running

Apache was one of the first to support this feature but over time other web servers began to implement it. One of those servers is OpenLiteSpeed.

So, let us start the work.

Creating a new VirtualhHost on OpenLiteSpeed

The first thing you have to do is install and configure OpenLiteSpeed properly, in this case, I’m using CentOS but it’s the same process in both Ubuntu or Debian.

So, read our post about it

How to install OpenLiteSpeed on CentOS 8?
How to install OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 20.04?

Then log in and you will see the dashboard.

On the left side, go to the VirtualHosts section to list them.

Now, you can create a new one by clicking on the + button on the right.

There you have to enter the data of the new VirtualHost. In my case, I have chosen the following values that you can modify as you wish.

Virtual Host Name test.osradar.local
Virtual Host Root $SERVER_ROOT/test.osradar.local/
Config File $SERVER_ROOT/conf/vhosts/$VH_NAME/test.osradar.local.conf
Follow Symbolic Link Yes
Enable Scripts/ExtApps Yes
Restrained Yes
ExtApp Set UID Mode Server UID

Then, click on the Diskette button to save the changes.

As I have pointed out that a configuration file that does not exist, the following message will jump.

Click on the CLICK TO CREATE link to create it automatically. You will see the following screen.

Again click on the button to save the changes. And you will see the new Virtualhost created.

Configuring the new Virtualhost on OpenLiteSpeed

The new Virtualhost is already created, but it is convenient to make some configurations to leave it fully functional.

To do so, from the Virtualhost summary screen, click on the magnifying glass of the new virtualhost to see and modify its values.

In the General tab, you will see the basic information that is empty.

To enter data, click on the edit button on the right.

On the next screen, set the values you need. In my case, I have chosen the following:

Document Root $VH_ROOT/html/
Domain Name test.osradar.local
Enable GZIP Compression Yes

Then click on the Save button.

Now do the same but in the Index Files section.

And in the Index File field add the value index.php

Then click on the Save button.

Now we will configure the logs of the new VirtualHost that will help us to keep track of it.

So, go to the Log tab and you will see the default information and the Virtual Host Log and Access Log sections

Click the edit button in the Virtual Host Log section and set the values you need. In this case, I have chosen these.

Use Server’s Log Yes
File Name $VH_ROOT/logs/error.log
Log Level ERROR
Rolling Size (bytes) 10M
Keep Days 45

To save the changes, click on the Save button.

Now it’s time to work with the Access Log section. To do this, create a new one by clicking on the + button

And add the following values

Log Control Own Log File
File Name $VH_ROOT/logs/access.log
Piped Logger Not Set
Log Format Not Set
Log Headers Not Set
Rolling Size (bytes) 10M
Keep Days 45
Bytes log Not Set
Compress Archive Yes

Then save the changes.

More configurations

The next step is to go to the Security tab and position ourselves in the Access Control section

This value is where we will specify the hosts that can access VirtualHost.

Click on the edit button and in the Allowed List field specify the Hosts. If you want it to be accessible to everyone, type *

Now click on the Save button.

Then, on the left side go to the Listeners section

There, in the Virtual Host Mappings section create a new entry by clicking on the + button

And choose your Virtualhost as follows

Then click on the Save button.

Now you can restart OpenLiteSpeed to apply all these changes.

Testing the new VirtualHost on OpenLiteSpeed

Now on your server, create the corresponding folders. Both the Document Root folder and the log folder.

mkdir -p /usr/local/lsws/test.osradar.local/{html,logs}

Then, create a test file:

nano /usr/local/lsws/test.osradar.local/html/index.html

And add some message

Now try to open it from your browser. In this case, access it using the name of the VirtualHost.

So, the new Virtualhost is working.

Conclusion

Having Virtual hosts on OpenLiteSpeed is an easy matter thanks to the administrator interface the program has. As we have shown you in this post.

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OpenLiteSpeed is an open source web server, released under the GPL license that guarantees access to the code. According to the official website of the project, OpenLiteSpeed combines speed, security, scalability, optimization and simplicity in one friendly open-source package.

On the other hand, it has quite peculiar characteristics that make it easy to access without losing robustness.

Another important aspect to emphasize is that this is the free version of LiteSpeed web server. Therefore, stability and robustness are guaranteed.

OpenLiteSpeed features

OpenLiteSpeed comes with a number of important features such as the following:

• It has enormous scalability. Thanks to an event driven architecture.
• It is able to understand Apache rewriting rules. Which makes if you have used this web server, the transition is easy.
• It allows to install WordPress, MariaDB and the server with a single click.
• It integrates strong security measures. This mitigates attacks and performance issues.
• Integrates Google’s web site acceleration system.
• Native SAPI for PHP allows external applications written in PHP to run up to 50% faster.

So, let us install it.

Install OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 18.04

The installation is quite simple thanks to the OpenLiteSpeed repository for Debian. So, open a terminal session and add the repository with the following command:

:~$ wget -O - http://rpms.litespeedtech.com/debian/enable_lst_debian_repo.sh | sudo bash

This will not only add the repository, but also update APT.

Then, we can install it with the following command:

:~$ sudo apt install openlitespeed

and to get PHP 7.3 running at once, run the following command:

:~$ sudo apt install lsphp73

Finally, enable the execution of PHP 7.3

:~$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/lsws/lsphp73/bin/lsphp /usr/local/lsws/fcgi-bin/lsphp5

And that’s it, we will be able to access the program’s graphic interface.

OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 18.04

The application runs through port 8080 and the web interface through 7080. Both ports have to be working for them to work.

Once the installation is complete, to access the web interface using your favorite web browser, you must start the service with this command:

:~$ sudo /usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl start

And when we want to stop it, with this one:

:~$ sudo /usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl stop

Now, if you access the web interface. You will see the following:

The default credentials are “admin” and “123456“. Obviously, this has to be changed later for security reasons.

Then, you will see the main screen.

Now, you can configure the server through a simple graphical interface.

Finally, it is a good idea to change the default password.

So, that is it.

Conclusion

In this post, we have met another quite popular web server as OpenLiteSpeed. In a market dominated by Apache and Nginx it’s always nice to have other alternatives for our projects.

Please share this post and join our Telegram channel.

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