How to install Drupal on Ubuntu Linux with OpenLiteSpeed

This post shows students and new users the steps to install Drupal CMS on Ubuntu Linux with OpenLiteSpeed ​​web server. When webmasters think of hosting a Drupal website, most will choose between Apache and Nginx web servers.

Few people have heard of OpenLiteSpeed, not because it’s bad, but because it’s not widely used and not popular yet. There are many good things that have been written about OpenLiteSpeed, and if you want to try it yourself, continue below.

OpenLiteSpeed ​​is an open source web server developed by LiteSpeed ​​Technology. It is designed to be lightweight and comes with an administration panel to easily manage the server from your favorite web browsers.

If you want to run your Drupal website on OpenLiteSpeed ​​instead of Apache or Nginx, continue below to learn how to install and run Drupal.

How to install OpenLiteSpeed ​​on Ubuntu Linux

We have written a post about installing OpenLiteSpeed ​​on Ubuntu Linux. Before installing Drupal, click the link below to install OpenLiteSpeed.

This post below shows you how to install OpenLiteSpeed, the latest version of PHP, and the MariaDB database server. Those three components are required to run Drupal.

How to install OpenLiteSpeed ​​on Ubuntu Linux

After installing OpenLiteSpeed, continue below.

How to download Drupal on Ubuntu Linux for OpenLiteSpeed

Now that OpenLiteSpeed ​​is installed, go ahead and download the package to install it. Run the following commands to download the latest version of Drupal.

cd /tmp
wget https://www.drupal.org/download-latest/tar.gz
tar -zxvf tar.gz

After extracting the Drupal file, move the Drupal content to the default OpenLiteSpeed ​​VirtualHost directory.

sudo mv /tmp/drupal-* /usr/local/lsws/Example/drupal

Then run the following commands to change the permissions on the Drupal folder to run on OpenLiteSpeed.

sudo chown -R nobody:nogroup /usr/local/lsws/Example/drupal/
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/lsws/Example/drupal/

How to create a Drupal database in Ubuntu

At this point, we are ready to create a Drupal database. As mentioned above, Drupal uses databases to store its content.

To create a database for Drupal, run the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Then create a database called wpdb

CREATE DATABASE wpdb;

Next, create a database user named wpdbuser and set password

CREATE USER 'wpdbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';

Then grant the user full access to the database.

GRANT ALL ON wpdb.* TO 'wpdbuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Finally, save your changes and exit.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

How to configure OpenLiteSpeed ​​to be compatible with Drupal

Next, log into the OpenLiteSpeed ​​admin panel to configure the Drupal settings.

https://localhost:7080/login.php

Login with the administrator login details above.

$VH_ROOT/drupal/

index.php

ReWriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
RewriteRule ^/ index.php [L]
<IfModule LiteSpeed>
CacheLookup on
</IfModule>

http://localhost