Welcome to LiteSpeed Wiki

Welcome to LiteSpeed Wiki

Striving to improve communication between us, the developers, and our users, 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.

Configuration Tips

Article	Description
Virtual Host Template	How to use template to configure a group of virtual hosts with similar configuration?

OS Tuning Tips

Article	Description
Linux Kernel Tuning	How to tune Linux kernel for high volume media server?
Tuning for high I/O wait	How to tune LSWS for server with high I/O wait?

Feature Tips

Article	Description
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

Add-Ons

Article	Description
SNMP Monitoring + Cacti Graphing	Monitor LiteSpeed real-time metrics via SNMP client and full-Cacti log/graph integration
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 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 Tips

Article	Description
Persistent Connections	Should you be using persistent connections in PHP to MySql?

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?

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 Best Practices

Article	Description
Shared Hosting Securities	Access Permission isolation
suEXEC	Process UID isolation: CGI/FCGI/LSAPI/PHP
chroot	Process Execution isolation

LSWS Trouble Shooting

Article	Description
Bug Report	How to submit a bug report

Everything About Licenses

Article	Description
All about Licenses	All questions answered regarding licenses

Load Balancer

Article	Description
Litespeed Load Balancer With ClusterHTTP	How To Install And Configure Litespeed Load Balancer With clusterHTTP

To-Do List:

A JSP/Tomcat how-to.