How to Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server

In our last article, we discussed the installation of OpenLiteSpeed on CentOS 7, Ubuntu 16.04, and Debian 9. Also, covered some of the important configurations such as Enabling support for PHP 7.0, Configure OpenLiteSpeed to use standard HTTP port 80, and MySQL DB Support.

Here are the links to the installation of OpenLiteSpeed,

READ: How to Install OpenLiteSpeed, PHP 7.0 & MariaDB on CentOS 7
READ: How to Install OpenLiteSpeed, PHP 7.0 & MariaDB on Ubuntu 16.04 / Debian 9

To begin, log in to OpenLiteSpeed WeAdmin console by going to below URL.

http://localhost:7080

OR

http://your-ip-add-ress:7080 Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed web server:

Go to Virtual Hosts section and click on Add icon.

create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – Add Virtual Hosts

Add the below configuration:

Variables Value Virtual Host Name web.itzgeek.local Virtual Host Root $SERVER_ROOT/web.itzgeek.local/ Config File $SERVER_ROOT/conf/vhosts/$VH_NAME/web.itzgeek.local.conf Follow Symbolic Link Yes Enable Scripts/ExtApps Yes Restrained Yes ExtApp Set UID Mode Server UID create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – Virtual Host Configuration

In the configuration, we have used variables for relative paths.

Variables Path Remarks $SERVER_ROOT /usr/local/lsws/ A location where OpenLiteSpeed is present $VH_ROOT /usr/local/lsws/$VH_NAME Specifies the root directory of the virtual host where all the files related to the virtual host (like log files, CGI scripts, etc). Note: This is NOT the document root Config DIR /usr/local/lsws/conf/vhosts/$VH_NAME The configuration filename and directory for this virtual host

When you click on the save button; OpenLiteSpeed will through an error saying config file does not exist. So, CLICK ON CREATE to let OpenLiteSpeed creates virtual host configuration file for you.

create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – OpenLiteSpeed Config File Creation Error

You would get a message like below on the successful creation of virtual host configuration file.

create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – OpenLiteSpeed Config File created

Final Configuration may look like this:

create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – Virtual Host Basic Configuration

Once the virtual host is created, go to Virtual Hosts –> Choose Virtual Host (web.itzgeek.local) –> General and modify the configurations like shown below.

Variables Value Document Root $VH_ROOT/html/ Domain Name web.itzgeek.local Enable GZIP Compression Yes Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – OpenLiteSpeed Document Root

Variables we have used here are,

Variables Path Remarks $VH_ROOT/html/ /usr/local/lsws/$VH_NAME/html This the document root.

Go to Virtual Hosts –> Choose Virtual Host (web.itzgeek.local) –> General –> Index Files. Set the index file name.

Variables Value Use Server Index Files No Index Files index.html Auto Index No Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – OpenLiteSpeed Document Index

Go to Virtual Hosts –> Choose Virtual Host (web.itzgeek.local) –> Log —> Virtual Host Log. Set the log file to store OpenLiteSpeed error logs.

Variables Value Use Server’s Log Yes File Name $VH_ROOT/logs/error.log Log Level ERROR Rolling Size (bytes) 10M Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – OpenLiteSpeed Error Log

Go to Virtual Hosts –> Choose Virtual Host (web.itzgeek.local) –> Log –> Access Log. Set the log file to store OpenLiteSpeed access logs.

Variables Value Log Control Own Log File File Name $VH_ROOT/logs/access.log Piped Logger Not Set Log Format Not Set Log Headers Not Set Rolling Size (bytes) 10M Keep Days 30 Bytes log Not Set Compress Archive Yes Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – OpenLiteSpeed Access Log

Go to Virtual Hosts –> Choose Virtual Host (web.itzgeek.local) –> Log –>  Security. Allow everyone to access web pages.

Variables Value Allowed List * Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – Access Controls Map Virtual Host in OpenLiteSpeed:

Once you have configured a virtual host, you need to map the virtual host with specific domain so that you can access it via fully qualified domain. To do that, go to Listeners and click on Zoom icon view the Default listener.

Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – Listeners

Now, add virtual host mapping.

Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – Add Virtual Host Mapping

Use the below details.

Variables Value Virtual Host web.tzgeek.local Domains web.itzgeek.local Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – OpenLiteSpeed Virtual Host Mapping Create Document root:

Now, create the document root and logs directory for the virtual host.

mkdir /usr/local/lsws/web.itzgeek.local/
mkdir /usr/local/lsws/web.itzgeek.local/{html,logs}

Create index.html with some content.

echo "This page served by OpenLiteSpeed Web Server running on Linux Operating System" > /usr/local/lsws/web.itzgeek.local/html/index.html

Restart the OpenLiteSpeed service.

Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – Restart OpenLiteSpeed Service

The dashboard may look like below:

Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – OpenLiteSpeed Dashboard Verify Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed:

Visit the following URL using your favorite web browser.

http://yourfqdn

You can see the output like below:

Create Virtual Hosts in OpenLiteSpeed Web Server – Name Based Virtual Host

That’s All. You have successfully configured Virtual Hosts on OpenLiteSpeed web server.