Lighttpd+PHP

Revision 6 as of 2007-01-26 08:27:11

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This is a how-to to on installing and setting up lighttpd and php on dapper. Lighttpd or "lighty" is a webserver with a very low use of resources.

required abilities:

  • open a terminal
  • create files
  • edit config files

Install the packages we need: (this may not be all, but these two will automatically download the rest as depencies)

sudo apt-get install lighttpd php5

edit the config file /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf and remove the # in:

#include "mod_fastcgi.conf"

now add the file /etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf

 server.modules += ("mod_fastcgi")
 fastcgi.server = ( ".php" =>
   ( "localhost" =>
     (
       "host"     => "127.0.0.1",
       "port"     => 1026,
       "bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi"
     )
   )
 )

source: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Lighttpd