"OpenLiteSpeed is the Open Source edition of LiteSpeed Web Server Enterprise.
Both servers are actively developed and maintained by the same team, and are held to the same high-quality coding standard.
OpenLiteSpeed contains all of the essential features found in LiteSpeed Enterprise, and represents our commitment to support the Open Source community."
htaccess file
The htaccess file forms a critical part of your website's security.
When appropriately configured, it also helps improve website performance in browsers and search engines.
From Joomla! 4.3 onwards it includes the following comment.
HTACCESS Comment
## OPENLITESPEED
#
# If you are using an OpenLiteSpeed web server then any changes made to this file will
# not take effect until you have restarted the web server.
##
LiteSpeed or OpenLiteSpeed?
If your website is hosted on a LiteSpeed server, then your hosting provider is most likely using the LiteSpeed Web Server Enterprise edition.
Our website is hosted on a LiteSpeed server.
We know because the System Information screen in the website Dashboard says so.
Read more: System Information Screen.
But we decided to check that it was LiteSpeed and not OpenLiteSpeed.
So we contacted our hosting provider.
Reply from our hosting provider
"We use LiteSpeed, which is the enterprise version.
OpenLiteSpeed is the community version used for single site servers.
We don't use OpenLiteSpeed on the server, so this (comment) can be ignored."
Useful Links
Read more: Compare LiteSpeed Web Server Editions
Read more: OpenLiteSpeed and Joomla!
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