Lighttpd is a fast and secure web-server which has been optimized for high-performance environments. With a small memory footprint compared to other web-servers, effective management of the cpu-load, and advanced feature set (FastCGI, SCGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting and many more) lighttpd is the perfect solution for every server that is suffering load problems. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. Here’s a brief tutorial will explain you the installation of Lighttpd web server on Ubuntu.
In this tutorial we will show you how to install and configuration of Lighttpd on your Ubuntu 14.04 server.
Install Lighttpd on Ubuntu 14.10
Step 1. Installing Lighttpd.
Lighttpd is available to install from the official Ubuntu repositories, So if you want to install Lighttpd, you only have to run this command.
sudo apt-get install lighttpd
Step 2. Installing PHP5 and modules.
Ubuntu provides a FastCGI-enabled PHP5 package. We can install by issuing the following command.
sudo apt-get install php5-cgi php5-mysql
Enable fast-cgi support.
sudo lighttpd-enable-mod fastcgi sudo lighttpd-enable-mod fastcgi-php
Step 3. Start Lighttpd server.
/etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload
Step 4. Testing Lighttpd webserver.
To make sure everything installed correctly we will now test Lighttpd to ensure it is working properly. Open up any web browser and then enter the following into the web address:
http://localhost/ or http://your.ip.addr.ess
Note: Lighttpd’s default document root is /var/www on Ubuntu, and the configuration file is /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf. Additional configurations are stored in files in the /etc/lighttpd/conf-available.
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Lighttpd. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Lighttpd web server on ubuntu 14.04 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Lighttpd web site.
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