Install a lightweight OpenLiteSpeed container using either the Edge or Stable version in Ubuntu 22.04 Linux.

• Install Docker

The system will regulary build both OpenLiteSpeed Edge and Latest stable versions, along with the last two PHP versions.

Download the openlitespeed image, we can use latest for latest version

docker pull litespeedtech/openlitespeed:latest

or specify the OpenLiteSpeed version with lsphp version

docker pull litespeedtech/openlitespeed:1.7.16-lsphp81

docker run --name openlitespeed -p 7080:7080 -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -it litespeedtech/openlitespeed:latest

You can also run with Detached mode, like so:

docker run -d --name openlitespeed -p 7080:7080 -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -it litespeedtech/openlitespeed:latest

Tip, you can get rid of -p 7080:7080 from the command if you don’t need the web admin access.

The server should start running successfully, and you should be able to log into the container. Add some files you want to display with the following command:

docker exec -it openlitespeed bash

Your default WORKDIR should be /var/www/vhosts/, since the default document root path is /var/www/vhosts/localhost/html. Simply add the following command to index.php, then we can verify it from the browser with a public server IP address on both HTTP and HTTPS.

echo '<?php phpinfo();' > localhost/html/index.php

Feel free to substitute the "openlitespeed" to the "Container_ID" if you did not define any name for the container.

docker stop openlitespeed

Sometimes you may want to install more packages from the default image, or some other web server or PHP version which is not officially provided. You can build an image based on an existing image. Here’s how:

1. Download the dockerfile project
2. cd into the project directory
3. Edit the Dockerfile here if necessary
4. Build, feeling free to substitute server and PHP versions to fit your needs

For example,

git clone https://github.com/litespeedtech/ols-dockerfiles.git
cd ols-dockerfiles/template
bash build.sh -O 1.7.16 -P lsphp81

If you still have a question after using OpenLiteSpeed Docker, you have a few options.

• Join the GoLiteSpeed Slack community for real-time discussion
• Post to the OpenLiteSpeed Forums for community support
• Reporting any issue on Github ols-dockerfiles project

Pull requests are always welcome