{"id":12692,"date":"2024-08-09T11:43:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T06:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/?p=12692"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:05:50","slug":"set-up-openlitespeed-on-ubuntu-22-04-web-server-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/set-up-openlitespeed-on-ubuntu-22-04-web-server-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up OpenLiteSpeed Web Server on Ubuntu 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Banner-300x169.png\" alt=\"Set up OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 22.04 \" class=\"wp-image-12698\" style=\"width:343px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Banner-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Banner-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Banner-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Banner-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Banner-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Banner-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-Banner-1980x1114.png 1980w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenLiteSpeed is an open-source web server developed by LiteSpeed Technologies. It is designed for high performance, featuring a lightweight, scalable, and secure architecture. OpenLiteSpeed supports a wide range of web technologies<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.openlitespeed.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">,<\/a> including PHP, and offers a user-friendly web-based interface for server management. It also includes built-in features like HTTP\/2, TLS (SSL), and advanced cache management, making it an attractive choice for web developers and administrators aiming to optimize their web hosting environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/server-management\/\">Set up OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 22.04<\/a> system, ensuring a smooth setup for hosting your websites and applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\" id=\"h-1-update-your-system\"><strong>1. Update Your System<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update your system using the command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>apt-get update\napt upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\" id=\"h-2-add-openlitespeed-repository\"><strong>2. Add OpenLiteSpeed Repository<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To install OpenLiteSpeed, you need to add the OpenLiteSpeed repository to your system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>wget -O - https:\/\/repo.litespeed.sh | sudo bash<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\" id=\"h-3-install-openlitespeed\"><strong>3. Install OpenLiteSpeed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Execute the following command to install the OpenLiteSpeed server along with the corresponding LiteSpeed PHP interpreter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>apt install openlitespeed lsphp81<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\" id=\"h-4-start-and-enable-openlitespeed\"><strong>4. Start and Enable OpenLiteSpeed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start the OpenLiteSpeed service and enable it to start on boot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>systemctl start lsws\nsystemctl enable lsws<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\"><strong>5.Verify Installation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can verify the installation by accessing the OpenLiteSpeed web server default page. Open your web browser and go to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>http:\/\/&lt;your_server_ip_address>:8088<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should see the OpenLiteSpeed default page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\" id=\"h-6-access-the-openlitespeed-web-admin-interface\"><strong>6. Access the OpenLiteSpeed Web Admin Interface<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The web admin interface is accessible via port 7080. To log in, first need to set an admin password. For that run the script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\/usr\/local\/lsws\/admin\/misc\/admpass.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow the prompts to set your admin username and password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If needed configure firewall settings to allow traffic on ports 8088 and 7080<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\" id=\"h-7-access-the-web-admin-interface\"><strong>7. Access the Web Admin Interface<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open your web browser and go to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>http:\/\/&lt;your_server_ip_address>:7080<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Log in with the admin credentials you set earlier using admpass.sh script<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After successfully logging in, the OpenLiteSpeed administration interface will be displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You now have OpenLiteSpeed and PHP installed and operational on your Ubuntu 22.04 server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For expert guidance on &#8220;How to Set Up OpenLiteSpeed Web Server on Ubuntu 22.04,&#8221; reach out to our team at Skynats. We provide expert assistance to guarantee the correct setup and performance optimization of your OpenLiteSpeed server. Contact us today for seamless assistance with your server setup!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenLiteSpeed is an open-source web server developed by LiteSpeed Technologies. It is designed for high performance, featuring a lightweight, scalable, and secure architecture. OpenLiteSpeed supports a wide range of web technologies, including PHP, and offers a user-friendly web-based interface for server management. It also includes built-in features like HTTP\/2, TLS (SSL), and advanced cache management, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[762,5],"tags":[893,828],"class_list":["post-12692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-22-04","category-blog","tag-openlitespeed","tag-ubuntu-22-04"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}