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Michael Alegre [Installing LSWS with Plesk 12.0 and up]
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Michael Alegre [Installing LSWS with Plesk 12.0 and up] Update Plesk extension link.
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 ====== Installing LSWS with Plesk 12.0 and up ====== ====== Installing LSWS with Plesk 12.0 and up ======
  
-This wiki covers how to install LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) and LiteSpeed'​s [[/​products/​litespeed-web-server/​control-panel-plugins/​plesk|Plesk Extension]] on a Plesk server. We assume that you have a working Apache-Plesk setup. While there are multiple ways to go about the installation,​ this wiki will only cover installing the Plesk Extension first and then installing LSWS from the extension.+This wiki covers how to install LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) and LiteSpeed'​s [[https://​litespeedtech.com/​products/​litespeed-web-server/​control-panel-support/​plesk|Plesk Extension]] on a Plesk server. We assume that you have a working Apache-Plesk setup. While there are multiple ways to go about the installation,​ this wiki will only cover installing the Plesk Extension first and then installing LSWS from the extension.
  
 ===== Prerequisites ===== ===== Prerequisites =====
  
-  - OS: Linux, ​Solaris, FreeBSD, or MacOSX+  - OS: Linux, ​CloudLinux, or RedHat
   - A working Apache setup   - A working Apache setup
   - Plesk >= 12.0   - Plesk >= 12.0
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 ===== Install The LiteSpeed Plesk Extension ===== ===== Install The LiteSpeed Plesk Extension =====
 +The LiteSpeed Plesk extension can be either installed through download and upload or through the Plesk Extension Catalog. At the time of this writing, the latest extension with the cache manager function (v1.3.1) is not yet in the Plesk Extension Catalog (only 1.2.6 is available). Hence, installation through download and upload is the recommended method.
  
-You can find and install our Plesk extension, listed as "​LiteSpeed Extension 1.2.x", through the Plesk Extension Catalog ​or litespeed website.+ 
 +==== Recommended way: Install extension through download and upload ==== 
 +Please following [[litespeed_wiki:​plesk:​manual-upload-extension|this wiki]] to manually enable ''​upload''​ from Plesk configuration and install litespeed Plesk extention through ''​Upload''​. 
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 +==== Install through Plesk Extension Catalog ==== 
 +You can find and install our Plesk extension, listed as "​LiteSpeed Extension 1.x.x", through the Plesk Extension Catalog ​(only an old version 1.2.6 available at the time of this writing)
    
-Server Management > Extensions > Extensions Catalog+**Server Management > Extensions > Extensions Catalog**
  
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-The Plesk extension can also be downloaded from litespeed website to your local drive and uploaded through Plesk Admin Console->​ Extentions -> Add Extention -> choose the downloaded file -> ok 
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 ===== LSWS Web Admin Console ===== ===== LSWS Web Admin Console =====
  
-LSWS Web Admin Console uses port 7088 instead of 7080 for Plesk. Check your firewall to see if port 7088 has been enabled, then you should be able to access it through http://​IP:​7088.+LSWS Web Admin Console uses port 7088 instead of 7080 for Plesk. Check your firewall to see if port 7088 has been enabled, then you should be able to access it through ​''<​nowiki>​http://​IP:​7088</​nowiki>''​.
  
 ===== Switching between LiteSpeed and Apache ===== ===== Switching between LiteSpeed and Apache =====
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 Plesk control panel normally restarted web server when there is an Apache configuration change or at specified internal. If there is any configuration error, web server may not be able to restart after it stops. ​ It is critical to enable Plesk control panel web server monitoring at all time to avoid the web server service accidental stop. Watchdog is an plesk extension with such functionality. Plesk control panel normally restarted web server when there is an Apache configuration change or at specified internal. If there is any configuration error, web server may not be able to restart after it stops. ​ It is critical to enable Plesk control panel web server monitoring at all time to avoid the web server service accidental stop. Watchdog is an plesk extension with such functionality.
  
-To Enable it, go to Extensions -> Watchdog -> Services -> Web Server (Apache) and enable it. Although it said "​Apache",​ it will monitor LiteSpeed web server process as well and restart it when it is not running. ​+First, go to Extensions > My Extensions to check if Watchdog is installed in Plesk . If it is not, install the Watchdog system monitoring component (it is located under "Plesk extensions"​). You can check [[https://​docs.plesk.com/​en-US/​onyx/​administrator-guide/​plesk-administration/​plesk-components/​adding-and-removing-plesk-components.74719/​|here for installation instruction]]. 
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 +To Enable it, go to Extensions -> Watchdog -> Services -> Web Server (Apache) and enable it. Although it said "​Apache",​ it will monitor LiteSpeed web server process as well and restart it when it is not running. Please refer to [[https://​docs.plesk.com/​en-US/​onyx/​administrator-guide/​server-administration/​watchdog-system-monitoring-component/​monitoring-system-services.76188/​|plesk documentation about Watchdog for details]].
  
  
  
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