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" ) ) )