:: install lighttpd on linux

:: how to install lighttpd on linux debian

# aptitude install lighttpd

:: configuring lighttpd on linux

# vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
### default settings ####

server.modules = (
	"mod_access",
	"mod_alias",
	"mod_compress",
 	"mod_redirect",
#       "mod_rewrite",
)

server.document-root        = "/var/www"
server.upload-dirs          = ( "/var/cache/lighttpd/uploads" )
server.errorlog             = "/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
server.pid-file             = "/var/run/lighttpd.pid"
server.username             = "www-data"
server.groupname            = "www-data"

index-file.names            = ( "index.php", "index.html",
                                "index.htm", "default.htm",
                               " index.lighttpd.html" )

url.access-deny             = ( "~", ".inc" )

static-file.exclude-extensions = ( ".php", ".pl", ".fcgi" )

include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/use-ipv6.pl"

dir-listing.encoding        = "utf-8"
server.dir-listing          = "enable"

compress.cache-dir          = "/var/cache/lighttpd/compress/"
compress.filetype           = ( "application/x-javascript", "text/css", "text/html", "text/plain" )

include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/create-mime.assign.pl"
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/include-conf-enabled.pl"

:: start / restarting lighttpd

# /etc/init.d/lighttpd start
# /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart

:: checking httpd

# netstat -tlupn | grep 80
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:80              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      15066/lighttpd
tcp6       0      0 :::80                   :::*                    LISTEN      15066/lighttpd  

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