LiteSpeed Basic Commands

LiteSpeed Web Server is proprietary web server software. LiteSpeed Web Server is the leading high-performance, high-scalability web server from Litespeed technologies. In this guide, we will learn about LiteSpeed Basic Commands.

LiteSpeed Control Commands:

• sudo service lsws start – start webserver
• sudo service lsws stop – stop webserver
• sudo service lsws restart – gracefully restart the webserver with zero downtime
• sudo service lsws reload – same as restart
• sudo service lsws condrestart – gracefully restart the webserver if the server is running
• sudo service lsws try-restart – same as condrestart
• sudo service lsws status – show service status
• sudo service lsws help – list of all the above commands

License Commands

• Register a new license key
  sudo /usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -r
• Test current license locally
  sudo /usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -t
• Verify current license
  sudo usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -V
• Migrate current license
  sudo /usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -m

Misc Commands

• Reset your password
  sudo /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/admpass.sh
• Check version
  sudo /usr/local/lsws/bin/lshttpd -v
• Switch version
  sudo /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/mgr_ver.sh <version>
• Force re-install/update
  sudo /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/lsup.sh -f -v <version>
• Install startup script
  sudo /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/rc-inst.sh 
• Uninstall startup script
  sudo /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/rc-uninst.sh

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