Running and Verifying Lighttpd

Modify the lighttpd.conf file.

Open the file.

         
              vi /usr/local/lighttpd/config/lighttpd.conf

Modify the following content.
- Modify lines 16 to 20 as follows:
```
var.log_root         =   "/usr/local/lighttpd/log"
var.server_root    =   "/usr/local/lighttpd"
var.state_dir        =   "/usr/local/lighttpd"
var.home_dir       =   "/usr/local/lighttpd"
var.conf_dir         =   "/usr/local/lighttpd/config"
```
- Modify line 61 as follows:
```
var.cache_dir      =   "/usr/local/lighttpd/cache"
```
- Comment out line 93.
```
#server.use-ipv6 = "enable"
```
- Modify lines 104 and 105 as follows:
```
server.username  =  "lighttpd1"
server.groupname  =  "lighttpd"
```
  This parameter indicates the operation permission. The root user is not recommended.
- Modify line 115 (path for storing the access page) as follows:
```
server.document-root  =  server_root + "/webpages"
```
- Modify line 246 (cache mode) as follows: (The default value is simple. According to the official explanation, fam is better than simple.)
```
server.stat-cache-engine  =  "fam"
```
- Add the following content to line 182. (This configuration item is used to configure the multi-process mode. The lighttpd process is a single process by default. You can change the value based on the site requirements.)
```
server.max-worker = 4
```
Save the settings and exit.
Press Esc to exit the edit mode and run :wq to save the file.

Create a lighttpd user and a lighttpd user group.
- Create the group:
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  groupadd lighttpd
- Create the user:
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  useradd -g lighttpd lighttpd1

Change the ownership of the directory.

       
            chown lighttpd1  /usr/local/lighttpd/log

Compile a test web page in the /usr/local/lighttpd/webpages directory.

       
            cd /usr/local/lighttpd/webpages

Create an HTML file.
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vi index.html

Add the following content and save the file:

<html>
<head>
<title>lighttpd test</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>this is  a testing</p>
</body>
</html>

Start Lighttpd.

       
            /usr/local/lighttpd/sbin/lighttpd -f /usr/local/lighttpd/config/lighttpd.conf

Check the Lighttpd process.
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ps -ef | grep lighttpd

Verify Lighttpd.

Open the browser and enter http://IP address:80/index.html in the address box. If "this is a testing page" is displayed, the test is successful.

Run the following command to stop Lighttpd:

         
              pkill lighttpd

View the logs:

         
              vi /usr/local/lighttpd/log/error.log
vi /usr/local/lighttpd/log/access.log

View the listening port:

         
              netstat -anpt | grep 80

Parent topic: Lighttpd Porting Guide