OpenLiteSpeed WordPress

Deploy this app to install the OpenLiteSpeed web server, WordPress, the LiteSpeed caching plug-in, as well as other necessary software, providing an accelerated hosting platform for WordPress.

1. Deploy OpenLiteSpeed WordPress

 Estimated deployment time: 2–5 minutes

Software included

Software installed on your Linode when deploying the app.

Base distribution and plan

• Supported distribution: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Recommended plans: All plan types and sizes can be used.

Configuration options

StackScript ID: 691622

Notes:

• After the app deployment completes, the passwords for your WordPress admin user, WordPress database user, MariaDB root user, and limited sudo user are generated and stored in the /home/$USERNAME/.credentials file. Log in to your instance as root through the Lish console or SSH, then run cat /home/$USERNAME/.credentials to view the password.
• You can automatically configure a custom domain (optional) during deployment. To do that:
  1. Configure your domain to use Linode’s name servers via your registrar. See Configure your domain's authoritative name servers for details.
  2. Once you complete that, specify the Linode API token, subdomain, and domain for the app in Cloud Manager or via API/CLI/Terraform.

Use API, CLI, or Terraform

curl --location 'https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/instances' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer abc123def456hij789klm' \
    --data-raw '{
        "region": "us-east",
        "type": "g6-standard-2",
        "image": "linode/ubuntu24.04",
        "label": "my-onelitespeed-wordpress-one-click-app",
        "root_pass": "@C0mpl3x#P@ssw0rd",
        "stackscript_id": 691622,
        "stackscript_data": {
            "user_name": "jsmith",
            "site_title": "My Site",
            "wp_admin_user": "jsmith-admin",
            "wp_db_user": "jsmith-database",
            "wp_db_name": "My Database",
            "soa_email_address": "jsmith@example.com"
        }
    }'

linode-cli linodes create \
    --region us-east \
    --type g6-standard-2 \
    --label my-onelitespeed-wordpress-one-click-app \
    --image linode/ubuntu24.04 \
    --root_pass @C0mpl3x#P@ssw0rd \
    --stackscript_id 691622 \
    --stackscript_data '{"user_name":"jsmith", "site_title":"My Site", "wp_admin_user":"jsmith-admin", "wp_db_user":"jsmith-database", "wp_db_name":"My Database", "soa_email_address":"jsmith@example.com"}'

resource "linode_instance" "my-linode" {
    region         = "us-east"
    type           = "g6-standard-2"
    label          = "my-onelitespeed-wordpress-one-click-app"
    image          = "linode/ubuntu24.04"
    root_pass      = "@C0mpl3x#P@ssw0rd"
    stackscript_id = 691622
    stackscript_data = {
        "user_name"         = "jsmith"
        "site_title"        = "My Site"
        "wp_admin_user"     = "jsmith-admin"
        "wp_db_user"        = "jsmith-database"
        "wp_db_name"        = "My Database"
        "soa_email_address" = "jsmith@example.com"
    }
}

2. Access WordPress

Once you've deployed your app in Cloud Manager and fully installed it, get credentials to access the WordPress Admin Dashboard and start using it.

Get credentials

1. Log in to your Linode instance over SSH, using the root user or the sudo user created during deployment.

2. Once logged in, you should see the motd, which includes OpenLiteSpeed HTTPS URLs.

   CommandOutput

   cat /etc/motd

   *********************************************************
   Akamai Cloud OpenLiteSpeed Wordpress Quick Deploy App
   App URL:
   * The Wordpress site: https://your-domain.com/
   * The Wordpress admin login site: https://your-domain.com/wp-login.php
   * The phpMyAdmin site: https://your-domain.com/phpmyadmin
   * The LiteSpeed admin site: https://your-domain.com:7080/login.php
   Credentials File: /home/$SUDO_USERNAME/.credentials
   Documentation: https://techdocs.akamai.com/quick-deploy-apps/docs/openlitespeed-wordpress
   *********************************************************

3. Open the .credentials file by running cat /home/$SUDO_USERNAME/.credentials to see its contents, including chosen usernames and generated passwords for the WordPress, OpenLiteSpeed, PHPMyAdmin, MariaDB root, and limited sudo users.

Access dashboard

1. Open your web browser and navigate to https://[domain]/wp-admin/, where you can replace [domain] with the custom domain entered during deployment or your Linode instance’s rDNS domain, like 192-0-2-1.ip.linodeusercontent.com.

   You can also use your IPv4 address. However, the connection won't be secure. See the Manage IP addresses on a Linode guide for information on viewing IP addresses and rDNS.

   Note: A TLS/SSL certificate is automatically generated for your custom domain, enabling you to connect to the site over the https protocol. If you don't enter a custom domain, a TLS/SSL certificate is configured on the rDNS domain instead. Connections using your IP address aren't secured and will use the http protocol.

2. Within the WordPress login page, enter the username (admin username) created during your instance deployment and the password automatically generated for this username. Then click Log In.

3. Once you're logged in to the WordPress Admin Dashboard, create new posts, add users, modify the theme, and adjust any other settings.

4. You can also access the OpenLiteSpeed Admin page for cache and webserver-specific settings at https://[domain]:7080/login.php.

5. The PHPMyAdmin Web UI is available at https://[domain]/phpmyadmin.

Additional resources

For more information about adding and modifying content in WordPress, see their official documentation.

• OpenLiteSpeed Quick Start
• OpenLiteSpeed Documentation
• OpenLiteSpeed Forum
• WordPress Documentation
• WordPress Themes

For information about securing WordPress through HTTPS, using a secure password, changing the admin username, and more, see our official documentation.

• Securing WordPress