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05-12-2013, 02:19 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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OpenLiteSpeed - now available as open version
I was just browsing the Litespeed site to see when it was updated last and just found that they released an open version of litespeed:
LiteSpeed Announces the Release of OpenLiteSpeed 1.0
World's Fastest Web Server Joins the Open Source Community
Basking Ridge, New Jersey — May 2, 2013
LiteSpeed Technologies announced today that it has joined the open source community with the release of OpenLiteSpeed 1.0. LiteSpeed Web Server has long been the 4th most popular HTTP server and the 2nd most popular commercial server on the web. We want to continue to expand the options open to users, allowing more people to experience our high-speed, lightweight web server.
OpenLiteSpeed 1.0 can be downloaded at: http://open.litespeedtech.com.
Read more here: http://www.litespeedtech.com/latest/...litespeed.html
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05-12-2013, 05:30 PM #2Web Hosting Evangelist
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That is good news. Thanks for sharing.
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05-12-2013, 06:42 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Yup just found out about OpenLiteSpeed as well.. surprised by their move to open source it !
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05-12-2013, 06:49 PM #4Hello World
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05-12-2013, 06:55 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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nope not single core, OpenLiteSpeed is full multi-core supported
Code:ps aufx | egrep '(nginx|litespeed)' root 19599 0.1 0.2 59212 3092 ? S 00:35 0:00 openlitespeed (lshttpd - main) root 19603 0.0 0.0 58052 1008 ? S 00:35 0:00 \_ openlitespeed (lscgid) nobody 19604 0.0 0.1 59116 1808 ? S 00:35 0:00 \_ openlitespeed (lshttpd - #01) nobody 19605 0.1 0.1 59116 1808 ? S 00:35 0:00 \_ openlitespeed (lshttpd - #02) nobody 19606 0.1 0.1 59116 1808 ? S 00:35 0:00 \_ openlitespeed (lshttpd - #03) nobody 19607 0.0 0.1 59116 1808 ? S 00:35 0:00 \_ openlitespeed (lshttpd - #04) root 20572 0.0 0.1 41728 1396 ? Ss 00:35 0:00 nginx: master process /usr/local/sbin/nginx -c /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf nginx 20573 0.1 0.2 42716 2604 ? S< 00:35 0:00 \_ nginx: worker process nginx 20574 0.1 0.1 42164 2104 ? S< 00:35 0:00 \_ nginx: worker process nginx 20575 0.2 0.1 42164 2104 ? S< 00:35 0:00 \_ nginx: worker process nginx 20576 0.2 0.1 42164 2088 ? S< 00:35 0:00 \_ nginx: worker process
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05-12-2013, 07:41 PM #6Hello World
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05-12-2013, 07:54 PM #7Disabled
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I don't know if I should move from Nginx to OpenLiteSpeed. Since OpenLiteSpeed is in development stage, it must have a lot of bugs and some vulnerabilities.
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05-12-2013, 08:01 PM #8Problem Solver
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05-12-2013, 08:43 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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If anything, this is good for the paid litespeed holders (and free holders). The more eyes Litespeed has, the better the product will be by fixing the bugs.
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05-12-2013, 08:46 PM #10Retired Moderator
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Interesting move. So presumably aiming to compete with Nginx for the single-user systems and generally grow their user-base.
While the full commercial version remains very attractive to shared hosting providers as a drop-in replacement for Apache.
Although the open version does include "Apache compatible rewrite engine" - the key part of .htaccess compatibility. I wonder if this might backfire on LiteSpeedTech - someone could just fork the project and put all that missing functionality back in...Chris
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05-12-2013, 09:24 PM #11Hello World
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05-12-2013, 09:25 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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I think they're fully aware of the possibility based off the license choice (GPLv3). I also think they're confident that the years of work they put into it won't be that easy to replicate (IE: the massive amounts of bug fixes and such from a relatively large user base).
Also being a commercial allows us (client) to get bug fixes / features fixed much faster than a fork normally would. I'm merely basing this off of the numerous open source projects and the amount of work it takes to maintain.
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05-12-2013, 09:57 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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Wonder if anyone would look into porting Google ModPageSpeed to OpenLiteSpeed? Similar to what Nginx/Google did with ngx_pagespeed
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05-13-2013, 04:52 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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I wonder if the Apache config support is really that easy to bake back in. If it were, some enterprising soul might have done something similar on top of Nginx already.
That is also probably the main attraction to the Litespeed enterprise version; It's a drop-in replacement for users who are already paying for a control panel.
I agree that this will be excellent for those who run one or two sites on a VPS as a replacement for Nginx.
This is looking a lot like the recent browser wars, which has gotten us all faster and better browsers
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05-13-2013, 05:14 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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So, they take slow sales on their own product (feel free to tell me how amazing their sales must be, because you own a copy) which now has a performance equal competitor which also happens to run the majority of the internet (Apache 2.4 w/ Event MPM), then gimp the product by removing all of the key features needed to help it reach critical mass, encourage people to contribute to the open source version (and in turn their commercial product) and call it a good thing?
Sounds like a really sloppy grasp at trying to reinvigorate their business.
I'm curious to know how this open version will translate to their paid version...
It's under GPLv3, which means as soon as they include some code from it (say a huge boost to performance or some really awesome feature) they are therein forced to open source that part of the commercial product.
Sounds messy.Steven Crothers
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05-13-2013, 05:21 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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05-14-2013, 12:15 AM #17Web Hosting Master
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heads up official quick install guides for wordpress, joomla and magento are up on their official site http://open.litespeedtech.com/
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05-14-2013, 05:58 AM #19Retired Moderator
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05-14-2013, 09:49 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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Via admin gui console for each vhost there is a rewrite and context tab, both can support rewrite rules which are fully 100% Apache rewrite syntax supported. Have some screenshots posted at http://vbtechsupport.com/2204/ and of the full vhost admin area at http://vbtechsupport.com/2165/2/
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05-14-2013, 10:52 AM #21WHT Addict
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Yes. You can use Apache-compatible rewrite rules in the virtual host configurations. There they can be set at a virtual level or at a context level.
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05-14-2013, 10:54 AM #22Problem Solver
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Which is a great thing to do for performance anyway: http://wiki.nginx.org/LikeApache-htaccess
Doesn't so much apply to litespeedtech enterprise, but you get the idea.Steven Ciaburri | Industry's Best Server Management - Rack911.com
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05-14-2013, 10:58 AM #23Web Hosting Master
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05-14-2013, 11:44 AM #25Newbie
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Really cool that they have an open source version but you know the best part about litespeed is the fact it's a drop-in for apache and a lot of hosts like that... personally I would rather use nginx than litespeed for my own personal projects - which I do - but cool non-the-less
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