CentOS /RHEL: How To Setup Lighttpd Web Server
I would like to setup lighttpd web server on my centos or rhel system. How Do I setup lighttpd web service under centos or RHEL operating system. How to install/configure lighttpd server. you’ll see that the steps how to setup lighttpd web server in this post.
Security, speed, compliance, and flexibility — all of these describe lighttpd (pron. lighty) which is rapidly redefining efficiency of a webserver; as it is designed and 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.
CentOS Install Epel Repo
As lighttpd package is not included in CentOS yum repository, so you need to install Epel repository to install lighttpd package.
Download Epel Repo
Using the wget command to download epel package so that to install it.
wget http://epel.mirror.net.in/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
outputs:
Resolving epel.mirror.net.in... 120.88.47.14, 2401:4800:2121:c0:ff:ee:ee:2 Connecting to epel.mirror.net.in|120.88.47.14|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 14540 (14K) [application/x-redhat-package-manager] Saving to: “epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm” 100%[==========================================================================================>] 14,540 54.6K/s in 0.3s 2014-02-23 12:24:53 (54.6 KB/s) - “epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm” saved [14540/14540] Install epel repo package issue the following command: rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm outputs: arning: epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:epel-release ########################################### [100%]
CentOS Setup lighttpd web server
Step1# using the following command to install lighttpd packages
yum install lighttpd lighttpd-fastcgi lighttpd-mod_geoip
outputs:
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.thelinuxfix.com * epel: mirror.steadfast.net * extras: holmes.umflint.edu * updates: bay.uchicago.edu Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package lighttpd.x86_64 0:1.4.34-1.el6 will be installed ---> Package lighttpd-fastcgi.x86_64 0:1.4.34-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: spawn-fcgi for package: lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64 ---> Package lighttpd-mod_geoip.x86_64 0:1.4.34-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: libGeoIP.so.1()(64bit) for package: lighttpd-mod_geoip-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package GeoIP.x86_64 0:1.4.8-1.el6 will be installed ---> Package spawn-fcgi.x86_64 0:1.6.3-1.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ====================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ====================================================================== Installing: lighttpd x86_64 1.4.34-1.el6 epel 294 k lighttpd-fastcgi x86_64 1.4.34-1.el6 epel 44 k lighttpd-mod_geoip x86_64 1.4.34-1.el6 epel 21 k Installing for dependencies: GeoIP x86_64 1.4.8-1.el6 epel 620 k spawn-fcgi x86_64 1.6.3-1.el6 epel 16 k Transaction Summary ====================================================================== Install 5 Package(s) Total download size: 995 k Installed size: 2.4 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/5): GeoIP-1.4.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 620 kB 00:00 (2/5): lighttpd-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 294 kB 00:00 (3/5): lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64.rp | 44 kB 00:00 (4/5): lighttpd-mod_geoip-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64. | 21 kB 00:00 (5/5): spawn-fcgi-1.6.3-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 16 kB 00:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1.7 MB/s | 995 kB 00:00 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6 Importing GPG key 0x0608B895: Userid : EPEL (6) <epel@fedoraproject.org> Package: epel-release-6-8.noarch (installed) From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6 Is this ok [y/N]: y Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum. Installing : lighttpd-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64 1/5 Installing : GeoIP-1.4.8-1.el6.x86_64 2/5 Installing : spawn-fcgi-1.6.3-1.el6.x86_64 3/5 Installing : lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64 4/5 Installing : lighttpd-mod_geoip-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64 5/5 Verifying : lighttpd-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64 1/5 Verifying : lighttpd-mod_geoip-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64 2/5 Verifying : spawn-fcgi-1.6.3-1.el6.x86_64 3/5 Verifying : GeoIP-1.4.8-1.el6.x86_64 4/5 Verifying : lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.34-1.el6.x86_64 5/5 Installed: lighttpd.x86_64 0:1.4.34-1.el6 lighttpd-fastcgi.x86_64 0:1.4.34-1.el6 lighttpd-mod_geoip.x86_64 0:1.4.34-1.el6 Dependency Installed: GeoIP.x86_64 0:1.4.8-1.el6 spawn-fcgi.x86_64 0:1.6.3-1.el6 Complete!
Start lighttpd service
Type the following command:
service lighttpd start
Step2# edit lighttpd configuration file
You need to edit the lighttpd configuration file located in “/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf“, updated the below content:
var.server_root = "/var/www" include "modules.conf" server.port = 80 server.document-root = server_root + "/lighttpd" uncomment the below modules: include "conf.d/fastcgi.conf" server.modules = ( "mod_access", "mod_alias", "mod_auth", # "mod_evasive", "mod_redirect", "mod_rewrite", # "mod_setenv", # "mod_usertrack",
Step3# restart lighttpd service
Type the following command:
service lighttpd restart
done….
