CyberPanel: Unleash The Power of LiteSpeed on WordPress for Free

Last Updated on December 28, 2022 by Steve

What is CyberPanel?

CyberPanel is a web hosting control panel powered by OpenLiteSpeed, which helps you set up and manage WordPress sites easily on any server.

This control panel features several innovative performance enhancements, including LiteSpeed’s popular LSCache optimization plugin.

It provides a One-Click installer to automatically install OpenLiteSpeedLSCacheWordPressPrestashopJoomla and git. It also automates the initial setup for components like Mail service and DNS, to reduce the time it takes to get set up for hosting.

OpenLiteSpeed and LSCache are a powerful combination for your WordPress site, right out of the box. In addition, LSCache offers a variety of optimization features that can contribute to a superior PageSpeed score for your site.

Features

  • Different Level Of users.
  • Auto SSL.
  • FTP Server.
  • Light weight DNS Server (PowerDNS).
  • PHPMYAdmin.
  • Email Support (Rainloop).
  • FileManager.
  • PHP Managment.
  • Firewall.
  • One click Backup and Restore.
  • Auto Backups to DigitalOcean Spaces.

LiteSpeed Cache

LSCache is auto configured with all WordPress sites deployed via CyberPanel which is best WordPress Cache plugin out there.

Git Manager

Attach GIT repos (Github and GitLab) to your CyberPanel websites and deploy code directly from your repos via GIT webhooks.

ModSecurity​

Built-in support for ModSecurity, real time defense against web application attacks, option to enable Comodo or OWASP rules.

One Click SSL

SSL is now mandatory for every online property, you can issue free of cost Let’s Encrypt SSL for websites, child domains and hostnames.

Auto Installer

CyberPanel comes with a one-click app installer for WordPress (with LSCache), Joomla and Prestashop.

Quick Start 

How to Access the Installed Software

SSH Access

From a terminal on your local computer, connect to the server as root, like so:

Be sure to substitute the server’s public IP address for use_your_server_ip.

Logging In to CyberPanel

To log in to CyberPanel, open your web browser, and open the following address:

https://<host-name-or-IP>:8090

The CyberPanel login page will open.

CyberPanel

Select the desired interface language and type in your username and password to log in to CyberPanel.

By default, your username is admin and you can get your password from:

sudo cat .litespeed_password

Logging In to phpMyAdmin

Connect to phpMyAdmin at the following URL:

https://<host-name-or-IP>:8090/phpmyadmin
Get the MySQL CyberPanel user password:
sudo sed -n 2p .db_password

CyberPanel Functionality Explained

Main Page View

CyberPanel Console

Website Page View

CyberPanel Website Page View

Installing WordPress One Click

  • Create a website with your domain
  • Main > Websites > List Websites > Launch
  • Scroll down to the APPLICATION INSTALLER
  • Click WordPress with LSCache
  • Enter the Information:
    • Blog TitleLS-DEMO
    • Login Useradmin
    • Login Passwordyourpassword
    • Emaildemo@example.com
    • Pathwordpress
  • Installation complete
  • Visit: http://yourdomain/wordpress

WordPress

FAQs

How do I Upgrade from OLS to LSWS Enterprise?

  • Get a license
  • Navigate to CyberPanel > Server > Server Status > LiteSpeed Status
  • Enter the serial key and click Switch

For more information, please see CyberPanel’s documentation

How do I Upgrade CyberPanel?

Run following commands with root user/permission, if you do not have direct root access, run command sudo su - first.

sh <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usmannasir/cyberpanel/stable/preUpgrade.sh)

How do I Reset My CyberPanel Password?

Run the following command to reset the admin password:

adminPass newpassword

Why did my FTP fail to connect?

Verify that ports 21 and 40110-40210 are allowed at the network firewall level. By default, they should already be allowed for each image at the system level.

Summary

CyberPanel is a web hosting control panel powered by OpenLiteSpeed, which helps you set up sites easy on any server.

This powerful control panel features several innovative performance enhancements, including LiteSpeed’s popular LSCache optimization plugin.

This control panel provides a One-Click installer to automatically install OpenLiteSpeedLSCacheWordPressPrestashopJoomla and git. It also automates the initial setup for components like Mail service and DNS, to reduce the time it takes to get set up for hosting.

CyberPanel is an amazing application but may be more than what the average user is looking for due to many advanced features.  Beginners may want to consider using OpenLiteSpeed instead.

Hope you found this article helpful.

Author

  • Steve

    I have been in the information technology field since I left the United States Army over twenty years ago. Skills and experience include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems with a Specialization in Databases and a Master's in Computer Information Systems Management.

    I fell in love with WordPress over 10 years ago and spend most of my time designing, building and administering WordPress based sites. I am fluent in multiple programming languages including Python, PHP, SQL, Java and C#.

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