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'''LiteSpeed Web Server''' ('''LSWS'''), is a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[web server]] software. It is the 4th most popular web server, estimated to be used by 8.1% of websites as of December 2020.<ref name="w3techs">{{cite web |url=https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/web_server/all |title=Usage of web servers for websites |website=W3Techs |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> LSWS is developed by privately held [[LiteSpeed Technologies]]. The software uses the same configuration format as [[Apache HTTP Server]] and is compatible with most Apache features.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2015/08/13/august-2015-web-server-survey.html |title=August 2015 Web Server Survey |website=Netcraft |accessdate=1 September 2017 |date=13 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Linux system administration|first=Tom|last=Adelstein|date=2007|publisher=O'Reilly|last2=Lubanovic|first2=Bill|isbn=9780596009526|edition=1st|location=Sebastopol, CA|oclc=71808193|page=162}}</ref> An [[Open-source software|open source]] variant is also available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openlitespeed.org/|title=Get OpenLiteSpeed!|date=28 October 2019|accessdate=28 October 2019}}</ref>
'''LiteSpeed Web Server''' ('''LSWS'''), is a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[web server]] software. It is the 4th most popular web server, estimated to be used by 8.1% of websites as of December 2020.<ref name="w3techs">{{cite web |url=https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/web_server/all |title=Usage of web servers for websites |website=W3Techs |accessdate=30 December 2020}}</ref> LSWS is developed by privately held [[LiteSpeed Technologies]]. The software uses the same configuration format as [[Apache HTTP Server]] and is compatible with most Apache features.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2015/08/13/august-2015-web-server-survey.html |title=August 2015 Web Server Survey |website=Netcraft |accessdate=1 September 2017 |date=13 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Linux system administration|first=Tom|last=Adelstein|date=2007|publisher=O'Reilly|last2=Lubanovic|first2=Bill|isbn=9780596009526|edition=1st|location=Sebastopol, CA|oclc=71808193|page=162}}</ref> An [[Open-source software|open source]] variant is also available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openlitespeed.org/|title=Get OpenLiteSpeed!|date=28 October 2019|accessdate=28 October 2019}}</ref>


LSWS was released in 2003, and in August 2008 it became the 16th most popular web server.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/08/29/august_2008_web_server_survey.html |title=August 2008 Web Server Survey |website=Netcraft |accessdate=1 September 2017 |date=29 August 2008}}</ref> In November 2016, LiteSpeed's market share grew from 0.39% to 3.29%, increasing its position from 10th to 4th most popular web server according to [[Netcraft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2016/11/22/november-2016-web-server-survey.html|title=November 2016 Web Server Survey |website=Netcraft |accessdate=1 September 2017 |date=22 November 2016}}</ref> In 2017, a team from [[Hong Kong Polytechnic University]] found it to be one of the six most popular web servers,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jiang|first=M.|last2=Luo|first2=X.|last3=Miu|first3=T.|last4=Hu|first4=S.|last5=Rao|first5=W.|date=June 2017|title=Are HTTP/2 Servers Ready Yet?|journal=2017 IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)|pages=1661–1671|doi=10.1109/icdcs.2017.279|isbn=978-1-5386-1792-2}}</ref> and it was estimated by a team at [[RWTH Aachen University]] to be running 9.2% of all HTTP/2-enabled websites.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://dl.ifip.org/db/conf/networking/networking2017/1570332989.pdf|title=How HTTP/2 Pushes the Web: An Empirical Study of HTTP/2 Server Push|first1=Torsten |last1=Zimmermann |first2=Jan |last2=Rüth |first3=Benedikt |last3=Wolters |first4=Oliver |last4=Hohlfeld |date=2017 |journal=IFIP Networking Conference}}</ref> As of April 2020, LSWS was used by 69.3% of websites using [[QUIC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://w3techs.com/technologies/segmentation/ce-quic/web_server|title=Distribution of web servers among websites that use QUIC|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref> and 47.6% of websites using [[HTTP/3]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://w3techs.com/technologies/segmentation/ce-http3/web_server |title=Distribution of Web Servers among websites that use HTTP/3 |publisher=W3techs.com |date=2019-12-02 |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref>
LSWS was released in 2003, and in August 2008 it became the 16th most popular web server.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/08/29/august_2008_web_server_survey.html |title=August 2008 Web Server Survey |website=Netcraft |accessdate=1 September 2017 |date=29 August 2008}}</ref> In November 2016, LiteSpeed's market share grew from 0.39% to 3.29%, increasing its position from 10th to 4th most popular web server according to [[Netcraft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2016/11/22/november-2016-web-server-survey.html|title=November 2016 Web Server Survey |website=Netcraft |accessdate=1 September 2017 |date=22 November 2016}}</ref> In 2017, a team from [[Hong Kong Polytechnic University]] found it to be one of the six most popular web servers,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jiang|first=M.|last2=Luo|first2=X.|last3=Miu|first3=T.|last4=Hu|first4=S.|last5=Rao|first5=W.|date=June 2017|title=Are HTTP/2 Servers Ready Yet?|journal=2017 IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)|pages=1661–1671|doi=10.1109/icdcs.2017.279|isbn=978-1-5386-1792-2}}</ref> and it was estimated by a team at [[RWTH Aachen University]] to be running 9.2% of all HTTP/2-enabled websites.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://dl.ifip.org/db/conf/networking/networking2017/1570332989.pdf|title=How HTTP/2 Pushes the Web: An Empirical Study of HTTP/2 Server Push|first1=Torsten |last1=Zimmermann |first2=Jan |last2=Rüth |first3=Benedikt |last3=Wolters |first4=Oliver |last4=Hohlfeld |date=2017 |journal=IFIP Networking Conference}}</ref> As of April 2020, LSWS was used by 69.3% of websites using [[QUIC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://w3techs.com/technologies/segmentation/ce-quic/web_server|title=Distribution of web servers among websites that use QUIC|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref> and 47.6% of websites using [[HTTP/3]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://w3techs.com/technologies/segmentation/ce-http3/web_server |title=Distribution of Web Servers among websites that use HTTP/3 |publisher=W3techs.com |date=2019-12-02 |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref>

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"LiteSpeed" redirects here. For other uses, see Litespeed (disambiguation).
LiteSpeed Web Server
Original author(s)George Wang
Developer(s)LiteSpeed Technologies
Initial releaseJuly 1, 2003; 21 years ago (July 1, 2003)[1]
Stable release
5.4.8 / 1 July 2020; 4 years ago (2020-07-01)[2]
Written inC, C++
Operating systemCloudLinux OS, Centos/Red Hat/Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu, FreeBSD
TypeWeb server
LicenseNon-free proprietary
Websitewww.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server

LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS), is a proprietary web server software. It is the 4th most popular web server, estimated to be used by 8.1% of websites as of December 2020.[3] LSWS is developed by privately held LiteSpeed Technologies. The software uses the same configuration format as Apache HTTP Server and is compatible with most Apache features.[4][5] An open source variant is also available.[6]

LSWS was released in 2003, and in August 2008 it became the 16th most popular web server.[7] In November 2016, LiteSpeed's market share grew from 0.39% to 3.29%, increasing its position from 10th to 4th most popular web server according to Netcraft.[8] In 2017, a team from Hong Kong Polytechnic University found it to be one of the six most popular web servers,[9] and it was estimated by a team at RWTH Aachen University to be running 9.2% of all HTTP/2-enabled websites.[10] As of April 2020, LSWS was used by 69.3% of websites using QUIC[11] and 47.6% of websites using HTTP/3.[12]

Features

LSWS is compatible with commonly-used Apache features, including mod_rewrite, .htaccess, and mod_security. LSWS can load Apache configuration files directly and works as a drop-in replacement for Apache while fully integrating with popular control panels. LSWS replaces all Apache functions, but uses an event driven approach to handle requests.[13]

History

LiteSpeed Technologies was founded in early 2002 by a team of engineers led by George Wang. On July 1, 2003, LiteSpeed Web Server was officially released as a full-featured web server. In 2007, LiteSpeed Web Server became LiteSpeed Web Server Enterprise and was configured to be an Apache drop-in replacement. In that same year, the web server integrated with cPanel, DirectAdmin, and Plesk. LiteSpeed Web Server officially began supporting HTTP/2 in 2015 with version 5.0, and also released LSCache (cache plugin for WordPress) with ESI in version 5.0.10.[1] In 2017, LSWS released QUIC support.[14] In July 2019, LSWS announced support for HTTP/3.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "LiteSpeed Web Server Release Log Archive". LiteSpeed. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ^ "LiteSpeed Web Server Release Log". LiteSpeed. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Usage of web servers for websites". W3Techs. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ^ "August 2015 Web Server Survey". Netcraft. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. ^ Adelstein, Tom; Lubanovic, Bill (2007). Linux system administration (1st ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly. p. 162. ISBN 9780596009526. OCLC 71808193.
  6. ^ "Get OpenLiteSpeed!". 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  7. ^ "August 2008 Web Server Survey". Netcraft. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. ^ "November 2016 Web Server Survey". Netcraft. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. ^ Jiang, M.; Luo, X.; Miu, T.; Hu, S.; Rao, W. (June 2017). "Are HTTP/2 Servers Ready Yet?". 2017 IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS): 1661–1671. doi:10.1109/icdcs.2017.279. ISBN 978-1-5386-1792-2.
  10. ^ Zimmermann, Torsten; Rüth, Jan; Wolters, Benedikt; Hohlfeld, Oliver (2017). "How HTTP/2 Pushes the Web: An Empirical Study of HTTP/2 Server Push" (PDF). IFIP Networking Conference.
  11. ^ "Distribution of web servers among websites that use QUIC". Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  12. ^ "Distribution of Web Servers among websites that use HTTP/3". W3techs.com. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  13. ^ "Event-Driven vs. Process-Based Web Servers". LiteSpeed. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  14. ^ "LiteSpeed Announces QUIC Support". Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  15. ^ "LiteSpeed Web Server Release Log".
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