Overview
OpenLiteSpeed is a high-performance, lightweight, open-source web server designed for speed, scalability, and modern web workloads. It's widely used for hosting dynamic websites and applications with minimal resource usage. Xitoring's integration provides deep insights into server load, traffic, request handling, and error rates.
What Can It Monitor?
- Requests per Second — Rate of incoming HTTP requests
- Active Connections — Currently active client connections
- Idle Connections — Connections waiting for activity
- Response Time — Average time to serve requests
- Bandwidth — Data throughput in bytes per second
- SSL Connections — Active SSL/TLS connections
- Static vs Dynamic Hits — Ratio of static file serves to dynamic processing
- Error Rates — 4XX and 5XX response counts
Prerequisites
None! No extra packages or setup steps are required before enabling this integration. Xitogent handles everything automatically.
How to Activate the Integration
Run the Xitogent CLI:
xitogent integrate
Select OpenLiteSpeed from the list. When prompted, provide the metric path or leave empty for the default (/tmp/lshttpd/).
Xitogent tests the connection and completes setup automatically. Within moments, real-time graphs and data appear on your server page.
Setting Up Triggers
Xitogent allows you to create custom triggers based on OpenLiteSpeed metrics to proactively detect and respond to incidents:
- Request Rate
- Active / Idle Connections
- Response Time
- Bandwidth
- Error Rates
Navigate to Triggers on your server page, select OpenLiteSpeed, choose a metric, set your threshold, and configure notification channels.
Tips
- OpenLiteSpeed integration requires zero configuration — the easiest setup possible
- This is the open-source edition; for LiteSpeed Enterprise, use the dedicated LiteSpeed integration
- Monitor Response Time to catch performance degradation before users notice
- Track Error Rates (especially 5XX) to identify application issues
- Watch Active Connections to plan for capacity during traffic spikes
- Currently supported on Linux servers