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OpenLiteSpeed
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GUI
OpenLiteSpeed has a GUI for easier setup.
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Multiple steps
Some things require multiple steps, like creating a listener and a virtual host or a reverse proxy.
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Open Source
OpenLiteSpeed is the open source version of the LiteSpeed web server.
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Linux, Docker
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Traefik
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Auto-discovery
You just add labels to your Docker, Swarm or K8s containers and they get proxied automagically, If you set up everything correctly.
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Http/Https only
E.g. doesn't allow you to route IMAP/SMTP traffic.
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Easy to set up
Add your docker network and labels to your services and get it running fast.
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Platforms:
Linux
License:
MIT
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Lighttpd
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Simple setup for static content
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Fast and built for scalability
Lighttpd is event-driven, asynchronous, non-blocking and single threaded. This allows lighttpd to be manage resources more efficiently compared to thread-based models (like Apache).
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Highly efficient memory use
With a small memory footprint compared to other web-servers, effective management of the cpu-load.
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Free and open source
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Lightweight
Lighttpd offers a more basic set of functions out of the box compared most web servers. Extra functionality can be added via modules.
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Quite easy to setup and configure
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Nginx
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Free and open source
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Fast and built for scalability
Nginx is event-driven, asynchronous, non-blocking and single threaded (one master process + worker processes). This allows nginx to be manage resources more efficiently compared to thread-based models (like Apache).
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Lightweight
Nginx offers a more basic set of functions out of the box compared most web servers. Extra functionality can be added via modules.
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Highly efficient memory use
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Highly efficient CPU use
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Advanced load balancing and caching
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Event Based Request Handling
Does not fork/thread per request.
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Easily configurable
Configuration files are concise and simple.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD
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Apache
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Free and open source
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Arcane configuration format
Configuration is as good as the manuals go. As soon as you have to configure it by yourself, it becomes a lot more difficult due to a rather obtuse system of configuration with long and confusing variable names, which has become infamous among web developers.
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Powerful
Apache has a lot of features and functionality.
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Process Based Request Handling
Each request opens a new process/fork to handle just that request (ver memory inefficient)
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Excellent OS support
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Extremely inneficient
Opens a new thread for each request. In practice this means that unless you use a proxy (nginx) you can only have a certain number of people on your site at a time, and is extremely inefficient on the server side.
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Easy solutions for complex configurations
Due to it's maturity, Apache has a lot of features to cover a wide range of situations.
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Great documentation
Apache has thorough documentation.
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LiteSpeed Web Server
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Can handle thousands of concurrent clients with minimal memory and CPU usage
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Free version is limited
There is a RAM limit and a domain limit
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Great support
From my personal experience, the support is great.
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Fastest Cache System for Wordpress - Litespeed Cache
Litespeed Cache for WordPress is faster than any other cache mechanism available for WordPress, coupled with additional Optimization options provided for free by Litespeed with quic.cloud allows you to keep your WordPress websites fastest.
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Native Fast Cache Plugins for all major CMS'es
Litespeed has great cache plugins for Prestashop, Magento, Cscart and because of its caching implementation, it is the fastest way to speed up your CMS'es.
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HTTP/3 Support with Maximum Browsers
Litespeed's HTTP/3 Implementation supports most vast range of browsers.
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