4.0b1 packages

[mistwang]

This is the first public beta release of 4.0, linux only

http://www.litespeedtech.com/packages/4.0/lsws-4.0b1-ent-i386-linux.tar.gz

http://www.litespeedtech.com/packages/4.0/lsws-4.0b1-ent-x86_64-linux.tar.gz


You need a trial or 2-CPU license key to try out the cache function.

[anewday]

Is it safe to run on a production server?

[Dru]

If I don't currently use the enterprise version of litespeed am I still able to install this without any problems? (ie, will I be able to upgrade to a standard version of 4 in the future).

edit

Figured out the url to the standard version so forget my question :) I'm trying it now and so far, whatever tweaks you've done are fantastic as a couple of my sites are noticeably quicker.

[mistwang]

Is it safe to run on a production server?
Yes, we are using 4.0b1 now, the worst case is to switch back to 3.3.x release if anything goes wrong.

[anewday]

Ok, I noticed this forum timed out many times in the past couple of days. Is it because you are still tweaking it?

[mistwang]

That's probably our firewall blocking access from multiple PCs behind NAT.

[fastproxy]

You need a trial or 2-CPU license key to try out the cache function.


So does that mean, 1-CPU license users cant use Cache function in 4.0 release? :(

[anewday]

I was wondering that too. Anyone have feedback on the squid-like cache? :)

[mistwang]

OK. the request rate throttling bug has been fixed in current 4.0b1 package.
The litespeed is powered by 4.0b1 now, For the cache, you can try http://store.litespeedtech.com/, the page are cached for 5 minutes, the first access is slow, the subsequent access is instant.

cache is not a solution for everything, like vB cannot take advantage of it as the content is based on cookie (user login) and the response header does not allow caching.

[anewday]

Great, would the cache work on my Invision Power Board ? :)

[mistwang]

Please check the response header for "Cache-Control".

[anewday]

I don't see cache-control on my forum's response header.

[mistwang]

Yeah, I think your site can be cached.

[vivek]

I have 1 cpu license, So I cant use cache function ?

Vivek

[MindTooth]

Need to try LiteStepp 4.0 locally. Good job!

Birger :)

[vivek]

secFilter function is not workring with version 4

[MindTooth]

Can I use this (http://www.usefuljaja.com/2007/4/litespeed-upgrading-the-server) guide to upgrade from 3.3.11 to 4.0b1?

Birger :)

[mistwang]

please wait our update build of 4.0b1 to include a few recent bug fixes.

[MindTooth]

Okay, thank you.

Birger :)

[jkeegan]

You need a trial or 2-CPU license key to try out the cache function.

Is the cache function enabled for VPS licenses?

[mistwang]

Is the cache function enabled for VPS licenses?
No, require a 2-CPU license at the minimum.

[jkeegan]

No, require a 2-CPU license at the minimum.

Is there any way to upgrade my VPS license temporarily to a 2 CPU license? I'd really like to see if the caching makes a performance difference... If it does, great, I will stick with the 2 cpu license. If not, then I would like to revert back to the VPS license....

Is there any way to do that or is it too much of a hassle on your end?

[mistwang]

You can use the trial key to give it a try.

If you use LSWS with Apache httpd.conf, you need to wait for our beta 2 release in order to control the cache through httpd.conf and .htaccess.

[Marcus]

Will the cache functions be available on the standard (i.e. free) versions of Litespeed? If they will be limited, how will they be limited?

[mistwang]

Will the cache functions be available on the standard (i.e. free) versions of Litespeed? If they will be limited, how will they be limited?
Not available.

[jkeegan]

You can use the trial key to give it a try.

OK, I did that and restarted LSWS. I moved license.key to license.key.original and replaced it with the trial key and restarted lsws.

Control panel reports 14 days left on my license, so I must have the new key.

I created a directory at /opt/lsws/cache and set it to be owned by apache.apache.

I enabled the cache in the control panel and I accessed pages on the server but I don't see any files being created at /opt/lsws/cache and I don't see any increased in speed...

What do I need to do to enable the caching function?

[mistwang]

You need to find out which page is cacheable and cache friendly (does not change frequently).
Please check response header with Firebug looking for "Cache-control", if it does not allow caching the page, then that page is not cache friendly.

As I know, vBulletin is not very cache friendly, but some pages can be forced to be cached for a little while by setting " Ignore Response Cache-Control" to yes.

[jkeegan]

You need to find out which page is cacheable and cache friendly (does not change frequently).
Please check response header with Firebug looking for "Cache-control", if it does not allow caching the page, then that page is not cache friendly.


I just added a static html page to the site, and requested it multiple times. I don't see any files in the cache folder... Firebug confirms that there are no cache-control headers being sent. I must be missing something because I can not find any evidence that the server is creating files in the cache folder...

[mistwang]

cache has no effect on static file, only dynamically generated page will be cached.

[jkeegan]

cache has no effect on static file, only dynamically generated page will be cached.

I also have a Wordpress blog on this server that I have been hitting, and all those pages are dynamically generated, but still nothing in the cache dir... I have Ignore Request Cache-Control and Ignore Response Cache-Control set to Yes.

[mistwang]

You are using Apache httpd.conf, need to wait for 4.0b2.

[jkeegan]

You are using Apache httpd.conf, need to wait for 4.0b2.

I get it now, sorry for the troubles.

[mistwang]

4.0b2 package is available

http://www.litespeedtech.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=2196