Login to the Ubuntu server & follow the below steps  to install openlitespeed 

Step 1:Add OpenLiteSpeed Repository to Ubuntu

$ wget -O – http://rpms.litespeedtech.com/debian/enable_lst_debian_repo.sh | sudo bash

Step 2: Update the server before installing a new package

$ sudo apt update

Step 3: Install openlitespeed 

$ sudo apt install openlitespeed

Step 4: Install PHP on Ubuntu 

The commonly used PHP version in openlitespeed is 7.4. 

$ sudo apt-get install lsphp74

Step 5: Install soft link to  direct OpenLiteSpeed to use the installed PHP.

$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/lsws/lsphp74/bin/lsphp /usr/local/lsws/fcgi-bin/lsphp5

Step 6: Start the server 

$ sudo /usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl start

The output should be  “OK” as mentioned below.

Output:

[OK] Send SIGUSR1 to 94667

Step 7: Set the Administrative username & Password

$ sudo /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc/admpass.sh

Step 8: Access OpenLiteSpeed Web Admin onUbuntu with the default port 7080 on browser 

Use the URL as mentioned http://your-server-ip:7080 & provide the username & password as per  in step 7

Step 9: Create a new Test Virtual Host on OpenLiteSpeed

From the interface, click on the “Virtual Hosts” tab and click on + symbol then fill the details accordingly and click on the save icon.

Step 10: Check openlitespeed virtual host on browser

By default, the OpenLiteSpeed virtual host accepts connections on port 8088. Check the browser with the below URL

   http://your-server-ip:8088

Step 11: Create sample PHP file on Ubuntu  to check functionality of web server

Create  a new file with the favorite text editor in   /usr/local/lsws/Example/html 

$ sudo vim /usr/local/lsws/Example/html/test.php

Copy & paste the following content then save &  exit the file

<html>

<head>

<?php

echo ‘<title>Sample PHP Script</title>’;

?>

</head>

<body>

        <?php

               echo ‘<p>This is to confirm that our PHP is working</p>’;

        ?> 

                <h1>OpenLiteSpeed</h1>

               <p>OpenLiteSpeed is a high-performance, lightweight, open source HTTP

               server edition of LiteSpeed Web Server Enterprise</p>

</body>

</html> 

Step 12: Check the functionality of openlitespeed on browser with the below URL
http://your-server-ip:8088/test.php

Step 13: Change the Virtual Host Listening Port from 8088 to 80

From the openlitespeed interface,Click on Listeners >> View . On that  page, click on the edit icon to alter with the defaults then save the configuration by clicking the save icon.

Step 14: Restart the openlitespeed web server by clicking on the grace restart icon on the interface

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