General rules #if not state otherwise , in this configuration example , 0 means disable or OFF and 1 means enable or ON. #if you are manually editing the configuration file. #please note that all the directives and values are case sensitive. #and certain directives…
You can customize OpenLiteSpeed Virtual Host configuration in DirectAdmin. Despite the misleading name, Custom HTTPd Configurations on the DA Console may be used to add, modify, or edit an OLS virtual host configuration, when OLS is running. The customized changes you make will not be…
OpenLiteSpeed Configuration Examples You can install OpenLiteSpeed in multiple ways, and each way may associate OLS configuration files in different locations. The purpose of this article is not to cover the various default configurations for different installation methods, but instead to show you some basic…
WebAdmin Console Makes Configuration Super Easy One of OpenLiteSpeed’s advantages over Apache and nginx is a GUI interface called the WebAdmin Console. By default you should be able to access it through https://your-server-ip:7080. Make sure port 7080 is open in your firewall. Of course you…
reCAPTCHA with OpenLiteSpeed As of OpenLiteSpeed 1.5.1, reCAPTCHA is available as a method of defense against DDoS attack. How To Enable at the Server Level Access the WebAdmin console via https://YOUR_SERVER_IP:7080 Navigate to Configuration > Server > Security > LS reCAPTCHA Enable reCAPTCHA: The master switch.…
Let’s Encrypt Why choose Let’s Encrypt? Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) Before Installing SSL Please install OpenLiteSpeed. You might want to follow one of these tutorials: 1Click or Repo install Please register a…
Get a Certificate To set up SSL, please prepare a private key and certificate from a certificate issuer like Let’s Encrypt. You can follow one of these guides, if necessary: public certificate via Let’s Encrypt, or private self-signed certificate. You can set up SSL at…
IP-Based Virtual Hosting on OpenLiteSpeed In all versions of LiteSpeed Web Server, including OpenLiteSpeed, there is very little difference between IP- and name-based virtual hosting. IP-based virtual hosting is the same as name-based virtual hosting, except that each virtual host has its own IP address. IP-based…
Name-Based Virtual Hosting on OpenLiteSpeed Name-based virtual hosting assigns virtual hosts based on domain names, not IP addresses. With name-based virtual hosting, you can host more than one website (virtual host) on each IP address. Use the following guidelines to set up name-based virtual hosting:…