{"id":17581,"date":"2026-05-16T09:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=17581"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:36:19","slug":"how-to-use-openlitespeed-as-a-reverse-proxy-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-use-openlitespeed-as-a-reverse-proxy-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use OpenLiteSpeed as a Reverse Proxy Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>OpenLiteSpeed accelerates the performance of reverse proxies by directing incoming HTTP\/HTTPS traffic to a backend application server. Different steps that included creating a web server external app, setting up a virtual host, and defining proxy rules to forward traffic. This tutorial shows how to use OpenLiteSpeed as a reverse proxy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be using backend.cyberpanel.net as the backend and reverse.cyberpanel.net as frontend as examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, check the domain responsiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/backend-image-one.jpeg\" alt=\"backend-image-one\" class=\"wp-image-17584\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/frontend-image-one.jpeg\" alt=\"frontend-image-one\" class=\"wp-image-17588\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Then, create a new external app type \u201cWeb Server\u201d by navigating to the External App option.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/reverse-panel.jpeg\" alt=\"reverse-panel\" class=\"wp-image-17590\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/web-server-name.jpeg\" alt=\"web-server-name\" class=\"wp-image-17594\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter the web server name. We labelled it as \u2018Backend.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>As this is the same machine, it is 127.0.0.1, if it&#8217;s a different server, you can set a public IP, and if the backend is HTTPS, add https:\/\/ to the address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/backend-server-details.jpeg\" alt=\"backend-server-details\" class=\"wp-image-17585\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create a context, type &#8220;Proxy&#8221;, and set the URI to \/<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1176\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager.jpeg\" alt=\"file-manager\" class=\"wp-image-17586\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/proxy-server.jpeg\" alt=\"proxy-server\" class=\"wp-image-17589\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vhost-server.jpeg\" alt=\"vhost-server\" class=\"wp-image-17592\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You also have to pass the backend&#8217;s hostname since it&#8217;s a different domain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rewrite-name.jpeg\" alt=\"rewrite-name\" class=\"wp-image-17591\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>RewriteRule ^\/(.*)$ http:\/\/backend\/$1 &#91;P,E=Proxy-Host:backend.cyberpanel.net]`<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Backend is the name you created in step 3, and backend.cyberpanel.net is our back-end URL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Let&#8217;s restart OpenLiteSpeed and test it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/final-image.jpeg\" alt=\"final-image\" class=\"wp-image-17587\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenLiteSpeed accelerates the performance of reverse proxies by directing incoming HTTP\/HTTPS traffic to a backend application server. Different steps that included creating a web server external app, setting up a virtual host, and defining proxy rules to forward traffic. This tutorial shows how to use OpenLiteSpeed as a reverse proxy: We will be using backend.cyberpanel.net [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3019],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","placeholder-for-hentry","category-web-hosting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Use OpenLiteSpeed as a Reverse Proxy Server?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to configure OpenLiteSpeed as a reverse proxy server. 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