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Lighttpd ("lighty") is a fast open source web server, optimised for speed critical environments

Lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is an open source web server optimised for speed critical environments, which is standards compliant. It attempts to be lower memory footprint, and more CPU efficient than other web servers, and is often simpler to configure. Initially it was targetted at static content, but now it is widely used for both static content and hosting CGI, PHP, Ruby, Python etc code.

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mod_rewrite for Lighttpd

I'd like to rewrite /abc/abcd.png to /red/blue.php How is that possible in Lighttpd?
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Arch Linux - Pass MAC address of connected client to web application via web server

I currently have a raspberry pi running Arch Linux acting as a wifi access point. There is a web server running on the pi with a LAN web app (PHP). I want my web app to know the MAC address of a user making a request. Am I able to get the MAC…
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lighttpd 403 forbidden jpeg image access

I am running a stock lighttpd installation with no configuration changes. Client sees a 403 forbidden error trying to access static images (even from an img tag on a static page). Nothing in the logs about this. Research has turned up a number of…
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on debian, lighttpd apache2 using 80 port, lighttpd throws :address already use error

I bought the linode(linode.com) server the other day. I've been trying to run lighttpd and apache2 at the same port, using lighttpd for static files. As linode is only providing ONE ipv4 address, I tried to bind lighttpd on the ipv6 address. That's…
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What is a good approach to install a webserver?

I wan't to install Lighttpd on my V-Server under Debian. I'm new to Linux and I wonder if I should install Lighttpd as root or as a new User to avoid security issues?
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Lighttpd rewite url from specific client when using proxy

I need to send all CGI request to another server so I decided to use it with proxy. The problem is that I need to send the client IP to the server so I did the following configuration: $HTTP["url"] =~ "cgi" { $HTTP["remoteip"] =~ "^(.*)$" { …
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Ubuntu: apt-get -f install lighttpd does not install

I'm trying to install lighttpd. When running sudo apt-get -f install , I'm getting this error : ~/dev/downlaod$ sudo apt-get -f install lighttpd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You…
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Replacing Apache2.2 with lighttpd 1.4 to speedup. Fine tuning?

I am trying to reduce memory usage and increase speed. I am serving a small webservice that receives a max of 800 hits/sec and an average of 400 hits/sec. The server is a 2 xeon dual core 3.0GHz with 8 Gb of ram. 2Gb is taken by the MySQL 6Gb are…
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ServerRoot in my lighttpd.conf

I have use the following example lighttpd.conf to launch my lighttpd. Can you please tell me where is my 'ServerRoot'? # lighttpd configuration file # # use it as a base for lighttpd 1.0.0 and above # # $Id: lighttpd.conf,v 1.7 2004/11/03 22:26:05…
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Lighttpd Virtual hosts

Ok guys, I'm in a mess. Check my lighttpd.conf here, http://pastebin.com/m4c398259. I've got no idea really, I've read as much up and tried as many tutorials as I possibly can. But this is above my skill level. Someone help me re-write my mess to…
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One http request takes 200% CPU

Going to one of my websites produces this; top; Seconds later all goes back to normal again..... do I maybe have some sort of aggressive http logger or something installed? rcconf;
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