Licenses
| Choosing A License | How to choose a license that fits your needs |
| Command Reference | Quick Reference for All Commands |
| Trial License | How to get a trial license and related information about trial versions |
| Activating A License | How to activate a new license on a new or existing installation |
| Transfer/Release License | How to transfer or release an existing license so it can be used on another server |
| Upgrade/Downgrade License | How to upgrade or downgrade your current license |
| Yearly Upgrade for Owned License | The yearly upgrade for owned licenses allows you to keep upgrading your version of LSWS |
| Cancel a license | How to cancel my leased license |
| All about Licenses | Other FAQ regarding licenses |
| Upgrade LSWS to paid version | How to upgrade LiteSpeed Web Server from Standard Edition (free) to Enterprise Edition (paid) |
| Purchase LSCache as Module | Add page caching to a VPS, Ultra VPS, or 1-CPU license |
| If my Server IP change, are there any changes I need to do for my license? | What should I do with my LSWS license if I change my server IP? |
| How to change license on cpanel? | Upgrade/Downgrade/Change license on cpanel/WHM |
License Errors
| Upgrade Server Failed With License Error | “[ERROR] You are not authorized to use this binary, please purchase upgrades.” |
| VPS or Ultra VPS license has reached its limit | “[ERROR] VPS license cannot be used on non VPS server.” |
| Trial License Failure | “ERR LCT.2: Your trial period has terminated” |
| Incorrect license key | “[ERROR] [LICENSE] License key operation failure: EXCEPTION LCA.2: fail to process” |
| Migrate a license | “The maximum number of server(s) can be installed with this serial number has been reached. “ |
| What to do when failed to contact license server? | “Failed to contact license server”, What to check? |
| New license type needs LSWS 5.3 to run | “ERR LC.V: New license type is not supported prior to 5.3” |
| Can not determine installation root of LSWS when activating license | “Can't determine the Home of LiteSpeed Web Server” |
| How to do with locked IP license error? | “IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx does not match locked IP” |
| My owned license errors out "fail to decrypt license key received" on a old LSWS version | “fail to decrypt license key received” |
| Newly installed LSWS on cpanel with a site owner license could not be started,why? | “Domain limit has been reached, domain limit: 5, total domains: xx” |
| "critical_alert" license error checker | “lsws/logs/critical_alert” log file will show common license errors that could cause LSWS to stop working |