Commands Reference

This reference lists all of the commands for LiteSpeed WebServer (LSWS) and LiteSpeed Web ADC (ADC).

Note: LiteSpeed Web ADC was previously known as LiteSpeed Load Balancer, hence the lslb references throughout.

By default, the commands covered here can be found in /usr/local/lsws/ for LSWS and in /usr/local/lslb/ for ADC.

Usage: ./lswsctrl {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestrt|try-restart|status|help}

start       - start web server
stop        - stop web server
restart     - gracefully restart web server with zero down time
reload      - same as restart
condrestart - gracefully restart web server if server is running
try-restart - same as condrestart
status      - show service status
help        - this screen

Note: For ADC, the command is ./lslbctrl.

service lsws {start|restart|stop|reload|condrestart|try-restart|status|help}

start       - start web server
stop        - stop web server
restart     - gracefully restart web server with zero down time
reload      - same as restart
condrestart - gracefully restart web server if server is running
try-restart - same as condrestart
status      - show service status
help        - this screen

To enable auto-start on system boot:

 chkconfig lsws {on|off} 

systemctl {start|restart|stop|reload|condrestart|try-restart|status} lsws 

start       - start web server
stop        - stop web server
restart     - gracefully restart web server with zero down time
reload      - same as restart
condrestart - gracefully restart web server if server is running
try-restart - same as condrestart
status      - show service status

To enable auto-start on system boot:

systemctl enable lsws

Note: The lsws parameter used with systemctl may vary depending on the environment. It may also be litespeed or lshttpd. For Web ADC, use lslb.

• Register a new license key (-r)

/usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -r

• Test current license locally (-t)

/usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -t

• Verify current license against license server (-V). This Command will force communication with LiteSpeed licensing server immediately.

/usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -V

• Migrate current license (-m)

/usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -m

• If you forget your admin web console login, you can reset your password from the command line

  /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/admpass.sh

• Check version

  /usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -v

• Switch version

  /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/mgr_ver.sh <version>

• Force re-install/update

  /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/lsup.sh -f -v <version>

• Force re-install/update to a specific version and build

  /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/lsup.sh -f -v <version> -b <build number>

• Install/Uninstall startup script

  /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/rc-inst.sh
  /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/rc-uninst.sh