How do I use my OpenLiteSpeed server?

1. In the panel, open My servers and click your server.
2. On the Overview tab, wait for the App row to say "OpenLiteSpeed is ready". The page refreshes itself.
3. The link in the Panel address row opens WebAdmin. Enter the details from the Login and Password rows.
4. Open the link in the Site address row. If you see the "Your server is ready" page, PHP is working.

Uploading your site

Your site root is the /var/www/html folder. Upload your files there over SFTP, using the root user and password shown in the panel. Then give them the right owner:

chown -R nobody:nogroup /var/www/html

The index.php in that folder is only a welcome page, so you can delete it.

Database

MariaDB runs inside the server and is not open to the outside. Connect from your site using localhost. The password in the panel is for WebAdmin only. Read the MariaDB root password over SSH: cat /usr/local/lsws/password. It is a good idea to create a separate database and user for your site.

Good to know

• Open ports: 80 and 443 for the site, 7080 for WebAdmin, 22 for SSH. To open WebAdmin only from your own address: ufw delete allow 7080/tcp, then ufw allow from YOUR_IP to any port 7080.
• The certificate is issued during installation and renews by itself. Add your own domain to the listener and virtual host settings in WebAdmin.

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