How to install Joomla on Ubuntu Linux with OpenLiteSpeed

This post shows students and new users the steps to install Joomla CMS on Ubuntu Linux with OpenLiteSpeed ​​web server. When webmasters think of hosting a Joomla 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 Joomla website on OpenLiteSpeed ​​instead of Apache or Nginx, continue below to learn how to install and run Joomla.

How to install OpenLiteSpeed ​​on Ubuntu Linux

We have written a post about installing OpenLiteSpeed ​​on Ubuntu Linux. Before installing Joomla, 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 Joomla.

How to install OpenLiteSpeed ​​on Ubuntu Linux

After installing OpenLiteSpeed, continue below.

How to download Joomla 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 Joomla.

cd /tmp
wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-0-2/Joomla_4-0-2-Stable-Full_Package.zip

After extracting the Joomla archive, move the Joomla content to the default OpenLiteSpeed ​​VirtualHost directory.

sudo unzip -d /usr/local/lsws/Example/joomla /tmp/Joomla_4-0-2-Stable-Full_Package.zip

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

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

How to create a Joomla database in Ubuntu

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

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

sudo mysql -u root -p

Then create a database called joomladb

CREATE DATABASE joomladb;

Next, create a database user named joomladbuser and set password

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

Then grant the user full access to the database.

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

Finally, save your changes and exit.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

How to configure OpenLiteSpeed ​​to be compatible with Joomla

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

https://localhost:7080/login.php

Login with the administrator login details above.

$VH_ROOT/joomla/

index.php

RewriteRule /.* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /component/|(/[^.]*|.(php|html?|feed|pdf|vcf|raw))$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule /.* /joomla/index.php [L]

http://localhost