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<!DOCTYPE html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" /> <title>LiteSpeed Web Server Users' Manual - Administration</title> <meta name="description" content="LiteSpeed Web Server Users' Manual - Administration." /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="img/favicon.ico" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/hdoc.css"> </head> <body> <div class="pagewrapper clearfix"><aside class="sidetree ls-col-1-5"> <figure> <img src="img/lsws_logo.svg" alt="lightspeed web server logo" width="100px"/> </figure> <h2 class="ls-text-thin"> LiteSpeed Web Server <br /> <span class="current"><a href="index.html">Users' Manual</a></span> </h2> <h3 class="ls-text-muted">Version 6.3 — Rev. 4</h3> <hr/> <div> <ul> <li><a href="license.html">License Enterprise</a></li> <li><a href="intro.html">Introduction</a></li> <li><a href="install.html">Installation</a></li> <li> <span class="current"><a href="admin.html">Administration</a></span> <ul class="menu level2"> <li><a href="ServerStat_Help.html">Service Manager</a></li> <li><a href="Real_Time_Stats_Help.html">Real-Time Stats</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="security.html">Security</a></li> <li> <a href="config.html">Configuration</a> <ul class="level2"> <li><a href="ServGeneral_Help.html">Server General</a></li> <li><a href="ServLog_Help.html">Server Log</a></li> <li><a href="ServTuning_Help.html">Server Tuning</a></li> <li><a href="ServSecurity_Help.html">Server Security</a></li> <li><a href="Cache_Help.html">Page Cache</a></li> <li><a href="PageSpeed_Config.html">PageSpeed Config</a></li> <li><a href="ExtApp_Help.html">External Apps</a></li> <ul class="level3"> <li><a href="External_FCGI.html">Fast CGI App</a></li> <li><a href="External_FCGI_Auth.html">Fast CGI Authorizer</a></li> <li><a href="External_LSAPI.html">LSAPI App</a></li> <li><a href="External_Servlet.html">Servlet Engine</a></li> <li><a href="External_WS.html">Web Server</a></li> <li><a href="External_PL.html">Piped logger</a></li> <li><a href="External_LB.html">Load Balancer</a></li> </ul> <li><a href="ScriptHandler_Help.html">Script Handler</a></li> <li><a href="PHP_Help.html">PHP</a></li> <li><a href="App_Server_Help.html">App Server Settings</a></li> <li><a href="Listeners_General_Help.html">Listener General</a></li> <li><a href="Listeners_SSL_Help.html">Listener SSL</a></li> <li><a href="Templates_Help.html">Virtual Host Templates</a></li> <li><a href="VirtualHosts_Help.html">Virtual Host Basic</a></li> <li><a href="VHGeneral_Help.html">Virtual Host General</a></li> <li><a href="VHSecurity_Help.html">Virtual Host Security</a></li> <li><a href="VHSSL_Help.html">Virtual Host SSL</a></li> <li> <a href="VHPageSpeed_Config.html">Virtual Host PageSpeed Config</a> </li> <li><a href="Rewrite_Help.html">Rewrite</a></li> <li><a href="Context_Help.html">Context</a></li> <ul class="level3"> <li><a href="Static_Context.html">Static Context</a></li> <li> <a href="Java_Web_App_Context.html">Java Web App Context</a> </li> <li><a href="Servlet_Context.html">Servlet Context</a></li> <li><a href="FCGI_Context.html">Fast CGI Context</a></li> <li><a href="LSAPI_Context.html">LSAPI Context</a></li> <li><a href="Proxy_Context.html">Proxy Context</a></li> <li><a href="CGI_Context.html">CGI Context</a></li> <li><a href="LB_Context.html">Load Balancer Context</a></li> <li><a href="Redirect_Context.html">Redirect Context</a></li> <li><a href="App_Server_Context.html">App Server Context</a></li> <li><a href="Rails_Context.html">Rack/Rails Context</a></li> </ul> <li><a href="VHAddOns_Help.html">Add-ons</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="webconsole.html">Web Console</a> <ul class="level2"> <li><a href="AdminGeneral_Help.html">Admin Console General</a></li> <li><a href="AdminSecurity_Help.html">Admin Console Security</a></li> <li> <a href="AdminListeners_General_Help.html"> Admin Listener General </a> </li> <li> <a href="AdminListeners_SSL_Help.html">Admin Listener SSL</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> <article class="contentwrapper ls-col-3-5 clearfix"><div class="nav-bar ls-spacer-micro-top"><div class="prev">« <a href="install.html">Installation</a></div><div class="center"><a href="index.html">Home</a></div><div class="next"><a href="security.html">Security</a> »</div></div> <h1>Administration</h1> <p>LiteSpeed web server can be controlled in three ways: through the WebAdmin interface, from the command line, or by sending signals.</p> <ol> <li><h3>Through the WebAdmin console:</h3> <p>WebAdmin console is a centralized control panel to control and configure all LiteSpeed Web Server settings.</p> <p>Log on to the WebAdmin console (by default http://[your site's address]:7080/). Select "Service Manager". Here you will find a control panel with links to perform common tasks: server restart, server configuration reload, version management, log viewing, real-time monitoring, virtual host reload, and virtual host enable/disable.</p> <p><strong>More details on how to control LiteSpeed Web Server through the WebAdmin console - <a href="ServerStat_Help.html">Service Manager</a></strong></p> <p>To change the login name and password for the WebAdmin interface, run the following command from the shell:<br> <span class="cmd">[your install dir]/admin/misc/admpass.sh</span> </p> </li> <li><h3>Through the command line interface:</h3> <p>Assuming the web server is installed at /usr/local/lsws.</p> <p>Use the <span class="tag">lswsctrl</span> control script in /usr/local/lsws/bin/ directory.</p> <p>To start the web server:<br> <span class="cmd">/usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl start</span> </p> <p>To stop the web server:<br> <span class="cmd">/usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl stop</span> </p> <p>To restart the web server:<br> <span class="cmd">/usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl restart</span> </p> <p>To reload the configuration:<br> <span class="cmd">/usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl reload</span> </p> </li> <li><h3>By sending signals:</h3> <p>You can stop server processes and reload configurations by sending signals to the server processes.</p> <p>First, you need to know the server's process ID, either from the PID file or by running a "ps" command.</p> <p>To read the PID file:<br> <span class="cmd">cat /tmp/lshttpd/lshttpd.pid</span></p> <p>By running a "ps" command:<br> FreeBSD: <span class="cmd">ps -x | grep lshttpd</span><br> Others: <span class="cmd">ps -ef | grep lshttpd</span><br> <br> If multiple processes are listed, use the process with PPID equal to 1. </p> <p>To stop the web server: <span class="cmd">kill XXXX</span> (XXXX is the PID)<br> If the server did not stop, use: <span class="cmd">kill -9 XXXX</span> </p> <p>To reload the configurations, use: <span class="cmd">kill -HUP XXXX</span> </p> </li> </ol> </article><div class="ls-col-1-1"><footer class="copyright">Copyright © 2003-2020. <a href="https://www.litespeedtech.com">LiteSpeed Technologies Inc.</a> All rights reserved.</footer> </div></div> </body> </html>