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- | ====== Introduction to LiteSpeed ====== | + | {{page>control-panels/misc/introduction-to-litespeed}} |
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- | LiteSpeed is a [[https:// | + | |
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- | For very high-traffic websites, LiteSpeed can sometimes be more efficient than Apache. Sometimes, adding LiteSpeed to a server can allow it to handle the site traffic more easily without needing to add more resources to the server. Since, depending on the size of the server, adding LiteSpeed can sometimes cost less than moving to a higher tier server plan, it can be worth considering. Additionally, | + | |
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- | If you do decide you would like LiteSpeed added to your server, it is available as a [[https:// | + | |
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- | ===== Uses ===== | + | |
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- | LiteSpeed is most useful for sites with very high traffic. Under these conditions, Apache (with typical configurations) would launch many processes in order to handle these requests. Each of these processes would take up some of the CPU time and some of the memory, so even if some of the limits are set higher to allow Apache to " | + | |
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- | LiteSpeed can also help somewhat in a server with many sites of low to medium traffic, if there are enough sites that even this amount of traffic causes high server load. However, in these cases, it may be more effective to split the accounts among more servers. | + | |
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- | ===== Compatibility ===== | + | |
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- | It is important to note that LiteSpeed is not compatible with '' | + | |
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- | ===== Other Bottlenecks ===== | + | |
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- | If Apache is not the bottleneck slowing down the sites, the impact of switching to LiteSpeed may be minimal. For example, if your sites are spending much more time waiting for MySQL queries to complete than for Apache to serve the pages or PHP to run the scripts, MySQL would be likely to require a similar amount of time to run the queries even if LiteSpeed is being used instead of Apache. | + | |
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- | ===== License Levels ===== | + | |
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- | For our [[https:// | + | |
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- | For more information about licensing, please feel free to contact the Billing Department either by [[billing@knownhost.com|email]] or by opening a ticket with the Billing Department from the [[https:// | + | |
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- | ===== Accessing ===== | + | |
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- | Some of the features of the LiteSpeed plugin for WHM can be accessed directly from WHM, at Home -> Plugins -> LiteSpeed Web Server. However, some of the features can only be accessed from within the LiteSpeed admin area. This can be found at url '' | + | |
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- | ==== Resetting Password ==== | + | |
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- | If you need to change the password for the LiteSpeed admin area, this can be done by logging into SSH as the rootuser , and then running the following command: | + | |
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- | This will prompt you for a new password. Make sure to choose a strong one! | + | |
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- | You can also feel free to [[support: | + |