Welcome to LiteSpeed Wiki

Welcome to LiteSpeed Wiki

Striving to improve communication between us, the developers, and our users of freelance writing job, this wiki was created to be a place to exchange tutorials, configuration tips, external modules, and other ideas regarding LiteSpeed products.

As this area is based on the wiki concept, all users may create and edit content.

How to use this wiki

To participate in the wiki, you must first register an account via our Support Forum. The login is tied-in with the forum so simply reuse the forum login for wiki editing.

LiteSpeed Tutorials for Beginners

Article	Description
PickledOnion's Tutorials	Easy step by step tutorials with screen shots regarding: installation, basic configuration, virtual hosts, subdomain, Roby on Rails and PHP. Highly recommended for beginners.
Load Balancer Config	Easy guide to install and configure Litespeed Load Balancer
Install Litespeed on Mac OS X	Installation guide showing you how to setup LiteSpeed on your Mac and compile PHP with the LiteSpeed Complile PHP feature

Configuration Tips

Article	Description
HA Active-Standby LiteSpeed	HA High Available LiteSpeed with Heartbeat
Virtual Host Template	How to use template to configure a group of virtual hosts with similar configuration?

OS Tuning Tips

Article	Description
Linux OS Tuning	How to tune Linux OS for maximum performance for LiteSpeed.

General Tips

Article	Description
Bug Reporting	How to file a LiteSpeed bug report
Internal Redirect	For those seeking x-sendfile or x-accel-redirect feature. We show you how with LiteSpeed.
FLV streaming	Flash Video (FLV) Streaming
MP4 streaming	MP4/H264/F4V Video Streaming
Syslog/Splunk Logger	High performance logging of litespeed logs to syslog/splunk via udp.

Add-Ons

Article	Description
SNMP Monitoring + Cacti Graphing	Monitor LiteSpeed real-time metrics via SNMP client and full-Cacti log/graph integration
Server Status + RRD Graphing	Monitor LiteSpeed Server Status via RRD Graph
Piped Logger	Flexible logging with piped logger
AWstats	How to use integrated AWstats log analyzer
Auto Index Customization	How to customize auto index script

Ruby/Rails

Article	Description
Ruby on Rails Easy Configuration	The easiest way to configure Rails application (LSWS v2.2 and above)
Rails Shared Hosting Configuration	Setup Rails application through user manageable configuration file in shared hosting environment
Rails Manual Configuration	Detail steps to configure Rails application manually
Ruby on Rails with Mongrel	Install How-To
Capistrano	LiteSpeed, LSAPI, and Capistrano How-To
Rails up in 4 minutes video	Bob Silva’s excellent LiteSpeed + Rails demonstration video
Debug a live Ruby process	How to inspect a live Ruby process
Rails trouble shooting	Steps to trouble shoot problem with a Rails application
Memcache	Tip about using Memcache with LSAPI
Speed Up Initialization	Tip about speeding up Rails initialization even more
eRuby setup	How to setup eRuby under LSWS

PHP

Article	Description
PHP 4/5 with LSAPI	Compiling and installing custom PHP with LSAPI
PHP 4/5 with LSAPI Troubleshoot	Compiling and installing custom PHP with LSAPI Troubleshooting Guide
PHP Opcode Cache: APC	How to setup proper opcode caching for PHP
PHP LSAPI Ubuntu Package	How to create a .deb package with PHP + LSAPI for Ubuntu Dapper Drake and Edgy Eft
PHP + Oracle	How to connect to Oracle with PHP + LSAPI
PHP5 + Suhosin Patch and Extension	How to build a Litespeed PHP5 LSAPI With Suhosin Patch and Extension
PHP5 + Suhosin Patch and Extension (FreeBSD 6.2)	How to build a Litespeed PHP5 LSAPI With Suhosin Patch and Extension on FreeBSD 6.2
PHP Upload Progress Bar	How to setup upload progress bar for PHP
PHP/MySQL	Performance tip: avoid php/mysql persistent connections.

Apache/Web Hosting Control Panel Migration

Article	Description
Quick cPanel Conversion	How to convert your cPanel server to LiteSpeed in 20 minutes
LiteSpeed + cPanel	How to use LiteSpeed together with cPanel
LiteSpeed + DirectAdmin	How to use LiteSpeed together with DirectAdmin
LiteSpeed + Plesk	How to use LiteSpeed together with Plesk
LiteSpeed + Other Control Panels	How to use LiteSpeed together with other control panels
Apache mod_perl Equivalent	How to use the persistent Perl CGI daemon?
Custom/Per user php.ini in LiteSpeed + Control Panel	How to use custom/per user php.ini in LiteSpeed together with control panel
Run multiple PHPs in LiteSpeed + Control Panel	How to run multiple PHPs in LiteSpeed together with control panel
mod_security compatibility	apache mod_security 2.5+ compatibility

Python

Article	Description
Python with FastCGI	How to install a FastCGI based Python application
Trac SCM with FastCGI	How to install a Trac SCM project with FastCGI
Django web framework with FastCGI	How to deploy Django project with FastCGI
Django web framework with ajp-wsgi	How to deploy Django project with ajp
Apache mod_wsgi app in litespeed	How to run Apache mod_wsgi python app in litespeed

Perl

Article	Description
Catalyst MVC with FastCGI	How to install a the Catalyst Framework using FastCGI
Apache mod_perl equivalent	How to use the persistent Perl CGI daemon?

HTTPS/SSL Configuration

Article	Description
Create a SSL private key	How to create a SSL private key
Self signed SSL certificate	How to create a self signed SSL certificate
Create a certificate request	How to create a SSL certificate request for applying a trusted SSL certificate from CA issuer.
Install a SSL certificate	How to install a SSL certificate
Secure web admin console	How to secure web administration console with SSL
Redirect to https connection	How to redirect from plain http connection to secured https connection

Security

Article	Description
Shared Hosting Securities	Access Permission isolation
suEXEC	Process UID isolation: CGI/FCGI/LSAPI/PHP
chroot	Process Execution isolation
CloudLinux SecureLVE How-To	SecureLVE(CloudLinux) How-To: Install and Configurations

Cache

Article	Description
Guideline	General Guideline for LiteSpeed Cache
LSWS Cache + IP Board	How to enable LSWS cache for IP Board
LSWS Cache + Magento	How to enable LSWS cache for Magento

Licenses

Article	Description
What License to Choose	How to choose a license that fits my need
Trial License	How to apply a trial license and related information about trial version
Activate License	How to activate a new license on a new or existing installation
Transfer/Release License	How to transfer or release existing license so it can be used on another server
Upgrade/Downgrade License	How to upgrade or downgrade my current license
Yearly Upgrade for Owned License	How to purchase yearly upgrade for owned license
Cancel license	How to cancel my leased license
All about Licenses	Other FAQ regarding licenses
Command Reference	Quick Reference for All Commands

Q & A

Article	Description
Apache Migration	Answers To Migration Questions
Run PHP as long as possible	How to Run PHP as Long as possible