Why do it?

The algorithm that Brotli uses is more efficient at compressing files than other compression methods. Therefore we will be able to notice how the files on our server will weigh less and this will influence the load of the files.

In general, you can expect files to be 15% to 25% smaller. So it is always a good idea to do it even if GZIP is the most popular among them. For a while, Brotli lacked the browser support that would allow it to be used in the same way as GZIP, but that changed and nowadays they are all supported.

So, in this post, you will learn how to enable it in Nginx using Ubuntu 20.04 as an example.

Enabling Brotlin compression on Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04

The first thing we have to do is to connect to the server to update it.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

After that, we have to install Nginx from the source code because by default the module is not enabled.

To do this, install the necessary packages:

sudo apt install dpkg-dev build-essential gnupg2 git gcc cmake libpcre3 libpcre3-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev openssl libssl-dev curl unzip

The best way to get the Nginx code is to add the official repository. This ensures that we have the latest stable version and that the system meets the requirements.

So, add the GPG key.

curl -L https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key | sudo apt-key add -
OK

Create a new file to add the Nginx repository.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx.list

And add the following content

deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ focal nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ focal nginx

Save the changes and close the editor

Refresh APT

sudo apt update

from location /usr/local/src/ download the Nginx source code

cd /usr/local/src/` cd /usr/local/src
sudo apt source nginx

Thanks to APT we will be able to automatically download all Nginx dependencies. To do this, run the following command:

sudo apt build-dep nginx

This will start installing the dependencies required by nginx.

Installing the latest version of Brotli

To install the latest version of Brotli you have to clone the Brotli repository.

sudo git clone --recursive https://github.com/google/ngx_brotli.git

Installing and enabling the Brotli compression on Nginx

Before compiling Nginx you need to modify some rules by editing the debian/rules file.

cd /usr/local/src/nginx-*/
sudo nano debian/rules

Now locate the config.env.nginx and config.env.nginx_debug sections and add the following after ./configure.

--add-module=/usr/local/src/ngx_brotli

Just like in the image.

Save the changes and close the editor.

Now, create the Nginx package

cd ..
sudo dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us

At the end of the process, you can see the packages with the following command.

ls /usr/local/src/*.deb
/usr/local/src/nginx_1.20.1-1~focal_amd64.deb /usr/local/src/nginx-dbg_1.20.1-1~focal_amd64.deb

And now proceed to install it, without any problems by running

sudo dpkg -i /usr/local/src/*.deb

With Nginx installed correctly, what you have to do is create a new virtual host or Server Block as it is called in Nginx, and under the http section add the following

brotli on;
brotli_comp_level 6;
brotli_static on;
brotli_types text/plain text/css application/javascript application/x-javascript text/xml 
application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript image/x-icon image/vnd.microsoft.icon image/bmp image/svg+xml;

Save your changes and start Nginx if it is stopped or restart it if it is already running.

sudo systemctl restart nginx

This is enough.

This is enough, but if you want to verify the process, you have to run the following command:

curl -I -H 'Accept-Encoding: br' [your-domain]

If on the output screen the value of Content-Encoding is similar to Content-Encoding: br, then the whole process has been successful.

Enjoy it

Conclusion

In a web server, web server enhancement tools are essential for everything to work. The compression Brotlin helps a lot in this task and with Nginx, it can be useful.

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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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Prerequisites

• Apache Web Server
• MySQL database
• PHP

You can install these components independently, as I explain in each of the links. However, a faster and more comfortable option is through Xampp.

Downloading Feng Office Community Edition

This is open-source software. However, it offers a free version and two paid versions called Professional and Enterprise Edition. It is also possible to enjoy a free trial of the software. Nevertheless, today we will use the Community Version. Which is very complete and also free. You can download it from this link. Once you have downloaded the file, please unzip it and paste it into the httdocs folder.

Installing Feng Office.

Creating the database

With the Apache and MySQL servers up and running, it’s time to create the database for Feng Office. For this example, we will use the PhpMyAdmin tool included in Xampp. Also, you can assign any name you want to the database.

Configuring Feng Office on the web server.

Once the database is created, please paste the following address into your web browser: http://localhost/fengoffice-3.8.3.3. This action will launch the application installer. On the welcome screen, please press Next to begin the installation.

Then, the wizard will check the requirements to continue the installation. In addition, it will mark possible errors in red. If everything is in order, please press Next to continue.

Then enter the corresponding values into the database. Such as user name, database name, password, among others. Likewise, you can choose the plug-ins to be installed.

After a few moments, you are ready to finish the installation of the app.

Configuring the Feng Office admin user.

At this point it is necessary to enter the administrator’s credentials. That is, the username and email address. In addition to the password and the name of the company.

Finally, login to the app using your newly created credentials.

First steps with Feng Office

Adding the calendar

After logging in as the administrator, the program’s Dashboard will be displayed. In the first place, click on System Modules.

For this example, I will select Calendar. Then click on Apply changes to add the new feature. Please note that you can add any feature from this box.

Back to the main screen, you can see that the Calendar module has been successfully added.

Adding a new user

Please click on Users to add a new user or group of users.

Then add the user’s data and finally click on Add user.

Finally, you will see the new user within the list.

From now on, I invite you to continue exploring the app. You can manage your workspaces or create new tasks. Feng Office is very intuitive and easy to use. I hope you enjoyed how to install Feng Office on your web server. Bye!

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