Install OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu/Debian

OpenLiteSpeed ia an Open Source version of LiteSpeed Web Server.

To install OpenLiteSpeed, add repository by running

wget -O - http://rpms.litespeedtech.com/debian/enable_lst_debain_repo.sh | bash

Now you have openlitespeed packages available on your server. Here is packages available on a Debian 9 server.

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OpenLiteSpeed Web Server

To install OpenLiteSpeed, run

apt install -y openlitespeed

OpenLiteSpeed will be installed in folder

/usr/local/lsws

You can start/stop OpenLiteSpeed using command

root@ok:~# /usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl
$Usage: /usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestrt|try-restart|status|help}

start       - start web server
stop        - stop web server
restart     - gracefully restart web server with zero down time
reload      - same as restart
condrestart - gracefully restart web server if server is running
try-restart - same as condrestart
status      - show service status
help        - this screen

root@ok:~#

Once installed, you will be able to login to WebAdmin at

https://YOUR_SERVER_IP_ADDR:7080
User = admin
Pass = 123456

You can change default admin passord by going to

Admin > WebAdmin Settings > General > Users

Click on edit icon right side of user “admin”.

OpenLiteSpeed Change Admin Password

You can also change OpenLiteSpeed Admin password by running following command as user root

/usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/admpass.sh
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