Wordpress LScache Plugin: Possible to run LSPHP on separate server to LSHTTPD?
Last Updated on: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:02 Hi guys, nginx and php are able to run on separate servers / in separate containers because they communicate via TCP/IP. Is it possible to do this with LSHTTPD and LSPHP? From what I understand, this isnt possible with sockets and Id need to switch to TCP/IP. Is that correct and is that doable with OLS? Also, are there any disadvantages to this? For example this LS forum thread says youhave to disable suEXEC: https://www.litespeedtech.com/support/forum/threads/php-on-external-server.3513/. Is that still the case and are there any other features or performance benefits Id lose? Cheers Hi, Yes, its still the case, TCP/IP will have performance penalty against socket. and some features like suexec may not work under this case. I am not sure why you would want to do this. OLS/LSWS are light-weight in comparison with Apache, so even its running on same server as your PHP server , and with the performance loss you will encounter , this could be a negative effect on this case. and please understand that this forum is for LSCWP-related question , if you have issue with OLS/LSWS , or lsphp in this case, please go to OLS/LSWS forum or http://www.litespeedtech.com ticket system. Best regards, Hi there Great thank you. It sounds like the best option is to keep them together. And thanks for the info re: the OLS forums. Cheers
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