OpenLiteSpeed version 1.4 was released last Friday with a number of new features to improve stability, functionality, and performance: (more…)
Category: OpenLiteSpeed
News, tutorials, and information about OpenLiteSpeed, the fast open source web server developed by LiteSpeed Technologies. OpenLiteSpeed provides fewer processes, less overhead, more connections, and enormous scalability, with no hardware upgrade required!
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OpenLiteSpeed 1.3 Adds API to Integrate Third Party Modules
OpenLiteSpeed 1.3 introduces a major advance for LiteSpeed Web Server: an API to support third party modules. (more…)
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OpenLiteSpeed 1st Web Server to Support SPDY/3.1!
With the release of version 1.2.7, OpenLiteSpeed has become the first publicly-available web server to support SPDY/3.1. (more…)
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LiteSpeed suEXEC 40x Faster than Apache suPHP! New PHP Benchmarks
LiteSpeed’s latest benchmarks show overwhelming superiority in PHP performance over Apache and nginx. (more…) -
New Benchmarks! LiteSpeed vs. Apache vs. nginx for Static Content
Our new static content benchmarks pit both versions of LiteSpeed Web Server against nginx and Apache, with LiteSpeed once again dusting the competition. (more…)
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The OpenLiteSpeed Features Keep Coming: WebSocket Proxy + OCSP Stapling
OpenLiteSpeed is giving us the chance to add and test a horde of new features. For 1.2 (which came out today!), we’ve added WebSocket proxies and OCSP stapling. Both of these are exciting features that should speed up the Internet (as soon as they’re widely integrated into the Internet). (more…)
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OpenLiteSpeed 1.1 (With SPDY!)
Last Friday, we released OpenLiteSpeed 1.1. OpenLiteSpeed 1.1 introduces a big advance : SPDY. (more…)
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LiteSpeed Web Server as Reverse Proxy Template
We’re rolling out a whole new line of virtual hosts for different set ups and functions. Two days ago we announced the release of a template for setting up Enterprise or OpenLiteSpeed with WP Super Cache. Today we have a template for setting up LiteSpeed Web Server as a reverse proxy to a backend server. My first time using the template (I don’t create the templates, I do the documentation), I set it up in a grand total of 6:37.8. That’s what I call quick and easy. (more…)
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Introducing Custom Templates: WP Super Cache
LiteSpeed Web Server has a lot of settings. It’s true. We know. These settings are helpful to tweak and fine tune your server. But sometimes, when you’re just getting started with a new environment, feature, or application, all those settings can be overwhelming. That is why we are introducing custom virtual host templates. These templates give you virtual hosts ready to perform different functions or use with different applications. You can still customize and tune different parts of the setup if you want, but these templates will give you a workable LSWS for your particular function in just a few quick and easy steps. (more…)
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OpenLiteSpeed Reactions (Part 1)
As promised, today we’re going to review and respond to some users’ reactions to OpenLiteSpeed. (more…)