ok, I'll be soon ready to try this, one more question: if I get litespeed web server to write the same logs as apache2 does, will this not influence bandwidth measurement and any other stuff where ispcfg would expect apache2?
If it writes to the same logfile in exactly the same format, ISPConfig will think the traffic was caused by your Apache server.
I found another great article about speeding up a wordpress isntallation which includes a section about using SQUID. I know there have been a lot of forum psots about squid, yet this post is one of the most interesting ones I read: http://turbochargedcms.com/2007/04/weathering-heavy-traffic-with-wordpress-and-turbocharged/ especially the section to where it comes to using squid in front of apache. My search brought a lot of psots regarding squid but nothing that answered the question: can I use squid or a similar tool in front of apache2 for the purpose described in the text from my link? Is there a chance to do this and still have ispconfig handle traffic management?
Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit VPS, 512Mb dedicated RAM. Mysql tuned so that sqltuner is completely happy. Used RAM never above 350Mb out of the 493 available. Load never exceeds 1.04 or so. httpd.conf tuned as per all the guides for vps of that memory - amount of preforks, spares etc. But for the FIRST load a site after having not visited for a while, it's taking ages. First load examples: Parse Time: 3.576 - Number of Queries: 50 - Query Time: 0.019723195953369 Parse Time: 6.645 - Number of Queries: 50 - Query Time: 0.02912563696289 Reload examples: Parse Time: 0.096 - Number of Queries: 39 - Query Time: 0.0066126374511719 Parse Time: 0.163 - Number of Queries: 39 - Query Time: 0.0075072061309816 Subsequent reloads will be at this speed. htop shows two items as soon as I load that page for the first time: php-cgi /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start I'm using suPHP but I've tried fast-cgi and cgi. Stuck now, a weekend of tweaking has brought me nothing. Advice appreciated.
Thanks for your reply. Not yet. Would it be worth trying then? Might that solve the "slow first load" issue? What I can't understand is why that first load is so damn slow, yet subsequent loads are lightning fast. It's almost like it's to do with setting up a session or something. But it seems to be the php that takes the time - a static page is always blazing fast. I can see a potential issue with eAccellerator. Now, it doesn't appear that once you've selected a type of php in ispconfig that you can change it. Switching to anything except suPHP gives me "forbidden" errors on every page, with error logs complaining about symlinks, despite symlinks being allowed in the site http config and I can't actually see any symlinks anyway - I'm using the full path. I should have edited my original post when I found that in fact I hadn't been using cgi, it's just that I hadn't allowed ISPconfig it's random amount of time between doing something in control panel and it taking effect. Now that I've given it a few minutes, I get these errors. Sorry if the statement that I've tried different PHPs was misleading. xcache looks like it was written for lighthttpd and getting it working with apache2 could be done, but the guide looks more complicated! Besides, I like apache2 because it works with Google's mod_pagespeed which really helps things move too. (BTW, it's not page-speed causing slow start, I've tried with it on and off). So, any recommendations of one over the other?
Had to give up in the end - switched to mod-php and the site is running like a rocket! Not a case of flicking a switch in ispconfig though - once you've clicked over to mod-php, you need to then doing the following things I found which I've added in this post: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51219
