I run a handful of hobby/personal WordPress sites, one of which became more than a side-project and outgrew its original shared hosting. Various sleuthing (mostly via WPJohnny.com) led me to OLS/LiteSpeed Cache and my own VPS.
First tried OLS through CyberPanel. Initially everything worked fine but upgrading CyberPanel caused problems requiring some panic Googling/fixing and the error logs would then often show a database crash. Decided to start again on a fresh VPS, this time without CyberPanel as that meant one less installation to go wrong. OLS setup through this video was surprisingly straightforward for an amateur:
. Everything so far seems to be working much more smoothly than before after installing OLS direct and paying attention to the official Debian and certbot documentation. I have learnt (free) control panels may seem a quick way to get going, but they do create issues and you're never quite sure whether the problems lay with the panel or something else.
First tried OLS through CyberPanel. Initially everything worked fine but upgrading CyberPanel caused problems requiring some panic Googling/fixing and the error logs would then often show a database crash. Decided to start again on a fresh VPS, this time without CyberPanel as that meant one less installation to go wrong. OLS setup through this video was surprisingly straightforward for an amateur: