{"id":2676,"date":"2012-04-02T21:52:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T13:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:49:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:49:37","slug":"how-to-install-and-configure-lighttpd-on-centos-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/how-to-install-and-configure-lighttpd-on-centos-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install and Configure Lighttpd on CentOS 6.2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lighttpd is an open-source web server more optimized for speed-critical environments than common products while remaining standards-compliant, secure and flexible. Lighttpd is an excellent tool for small to medium sized web sites. It is a web server for Linux\/UNIX and Windows operating systems platform and is an alternative to Apache web server. In this post, i will show on how to setup Lighttpd on linux CentOS 6.2 server.<\/p>\n

1. Install and configure PMforge Repository on CentOS 6.2 :
\nHow to Add the RPMforge Repository on CentOS 6\/RHEL 6 Linux Server<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Install lighttpd using yum command :<\/p>\n

[root@centos62 ~]# yum install lighttpd -y\nLoaded plugins: fastestmirror\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\n * base: centos.ipserverone.com\n * extras: centos.ipserverone.com\n * rpmforge: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de\n * updates: centos.ipserverone.com\nSetting up Install Process\nResolving Dependencies\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package lighttpd.i686 0:1.4.28-2.el6.rf will be installed\n--> Finished Dependency Resolution\n\nDependencies Resolved\n\n====================================================================================================\n Package               Arch              Version                        Repository             Size\n====================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n lighttpd              i686              1.4.28-2.el6.rf                rpmforge              706 k\n\nTransaction Summary\n====================================================================================================\nInstall       1 Package(s)\n\nTotal download size: 706 k\nInstalled size: 2.6 M\nDownloading Packages:\nlighttpd-1.4.28-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm                                            | 706 kB     00:08\nRunning rpm_check_debug\nRunning Transaction Test\nTransaction Test Succeeded\nRunning Transaction\n  Installing : lighttpd-1.4.28-2.el6.rf.i686                                                    1\/1\n\nInstalled:\n  lighttpd.i686 0:1.4.28-2.el6.rf\n\nComplete!<\/pre>\n
3. Configure Lighttpd starts automatically when boot up :<\/p>\n
[root@centos62 ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 lighttpd on<\/pre>\n
or<\/p>\n
[root@centos62 ~]# chkconfig lighttpd on<\/pre>\n
4. Open \/etc\/lighttpd\/lighttpd.conf :<\/p>\n
[root@centos62 ~]# vi \/etc\/lighttpd\/lighttpd.conf<\/pre>\n
Make sure server.use-ipv6 is set to “disable” :<\/p>\n
##\n## Use IPv6?\n##\nserver.use-ipv6 = \"disable\"<\/pre>\n
5. The server.document-root is located at \/srv\/www\/lighttpd. Upload or create the following index.html to test your web server :<\/p>\n
[root@centos62 ~]# vi \/srv\/www\/lighttpd\/index.html<\/pre>\n
Add this html code into index.html<\/p>\n
<html>\n<body>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">\nLighttpd Test Page on CentOS 6.2\n<\/div>\n<\/body>\n<\/html><\/pre>\n
6. Start lighttpd :<\/p>\n
[root@centos62 ~]# \/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd start\nStarting lighttpd:                                         [  OK  ]<\/pre>\n
7. Browser your server ip address :
\nhttp:server_ip_address
\n\"Lighttpd\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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