In this short guide, we will walk you through the steps to install Lighttpd with FastCGI on CentOS 6.3. Lighttpd is a secure, fast, compliant, and highly flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. It boasts a low memory footprint compared to other web servers and efficiently manages CPU load. Its advanced feature-set, including FastCGI, CGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting, and many more, makes Lighttpd the perfect web server software for any server experiencing load problems.<\/p>\n
For a deeper understanding of web servers, you may want to explore our articles on the best web servers<\/a>, Apache<\/a>, Nginx<\/a>, and LiteSpeed<\/a>.<\/p>\n To begin the installation process, you will need to run the following command:<\/p>\n This command will initiate the installation of both Lighttpd and FastCGI on your CentOS 6.3 system. The ‘-y’ option is used to automatically answer ‘yes’ to any prompts that may appear during the installation process.<\/p>\n Example:<\/p>\n Once the installation is complete, you can start the Lighttpd service by running the following command:<\/p>\n This command will start the Lighttpd service on your server.<\/p>\n If you need to stop the Lighttpd service for any reason, you can do so by running the following command:<\/p>\n This command will stop the Lighttpd service on your server.<\/p>\n In this guide, we have walked you through the process of installing Lighttpd with FastCGI on CentOS 6.3. We hope you found this tutorial helpful and that it has provided you with the knowledge and confidence to install and manage Lighttpd on your own server. Remember, whether you’re using a dedicated server<\/a>, a VPS server<\/a>, cloud hosting<\/a>, or shared hosting<\/a>, understanding how to install and configure your web server software is a crucial skill for any webmaster or website administrator.<\/p>\n \n Lighttpd is a secure, fast, compliant, and highly flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. It has a low memory footprint compared to other web servers and efficiently manages CPU load. It also offers an advanced feature-set, including FastCGI, CGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting, and many more.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/li>\n \n You can install Lighttpd with FastCGI on CentOS 6.3 by running the command ‘yum install lighttpd lighttpd-fastcgi -y’. This command will initiate the installation of both Lighttpd and FastCGI on your system.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/li>\n \n You can start the Lighttpd service by running the command ‘\/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd start’. This command will start the Lighttpd service on your server.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/li>\n \n You can stop the Lighttpd service by running the command ‘\/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd stop’. This command will stop the Lighttpd service on your server.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/li>\n \n Lighttpd is an excellent choice for high-performance environments due to its low memory footprint and efficient CPU load management. Its advanced feature-set, including FastCGI, CGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting, and many more, makes it a flexible and powerful web server software.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this short guide, we will walk you through the steps to install Lighttpd with FastCGI on CentOS 6.3. Lighttpd is a secure, fast, compliant, and highly flexible web server…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1161],"tags":[1244,1254,1975,1535,1536],"class_list":["post-3778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lighttpd","tag-centos","tag-centos-6-3","tag-install","tag-lighttpd","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Step 1: Installing Lighttpd and FastCGI<\/h2>\n
yum install lighttpd lighttpd-fastcgi -y<\/pre>\n
\r\n[root@centos63 ~]# yum install lighttpd lighttpd-fastcgi -y\r\nLoaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto\r\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\r\n * base: mirror1.ku.ac.th\r\n * epel: mirror.nus.edu.sg\r\n * extras: mirror.issp.co.th\r\n * updates: mirror1.ku.ac.th\r\nSetting up Install Process\r\nResolving Dependencies\r\n--> Running transaction check\r\n---> Package lighttpd.i686 0:1.4.31-1.el6 will be installed\r\n---> Package lighttpd-fastcgi.i686 0:1.4.31-1.el6 will be installed\r\n--> Processing Dependency: spawn-fcgi for package: lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.31-1.el6.i686\r\n--> Running transaction check\r\n---> Package spawn-fcgi.i686 0:1.6.3-1.el6 will be installed\r\n--> Finished Dependency Resolution\r\n\r\nDependencies Resolved\r\n\r\n====================================================================================================\r\n Package Arch Version Repository Size\r\n====================================================================================================\r\nInstalling:\r\n lighttpd i686 1.4.31-1.el6 epel 296 k\r\n lighttpd-fastcgi i686 1.4.31-1.el6 epel 45 k\r\nInstalling for dependencies:\r\n spawn-fcgi i686 1.6.3-1.el6 epel 16 k\r\n\r\nTransaction Summary\r\n====================================================================================================\r\nInstall 3 Package(s)\r\n\r\nTotal download size: 357 k\r\nInstalled size: 808 k\r\nDownloading Packages:\r\nSetting up and reading Presto delta metadata\r\nProcessing delta metadata\r\nPackage(s) data still to download: 357 k\r\n(1\/3): lighttpd-1.4.31-1.el6.i686.rpm | 296 kB 00:02\r\n(2\/3): lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.31-1.el6.i686.rpm | 45 kB 00:00\r\n(3\/3): spawn-fcgi-1.6.3-1.el6.i686.rpm | 16 kB 00:00\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTotal 112 kB\/s | 357 kB 00:03\r\nRunning rpm_check_debug\r\nRunning Transaction Test\r\nTransaction Test Succeeded\r\nRunning Transaction\r\n Installing : lighttpd-1.4.31-1.el6.i686 1\/3\r\n Installing : spawn-fcgi-1.6.3-1.el6.i686 2\/3\r\n Installing : lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.31-1.el6.i686 3\/3\r\n Verifying : lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.31-1.el6.i686 1\/3\r\n Verifying : spawn-fcgi-1.6.3-1.el6.i686 2\/3\r\n Verifying : lighttpd-1.4.31-1.el6.i686 3\/3\r\n\r\nInstalled:\r\n lighttpd.i686 0:1.4.31-1.el6 lighttpd-fastcgi.i686 0:1.4.31-1.el6\r\n\r\nDependency Installed:\r\n spawn-fcgi.i686 0:1.6.3-1.el6\r\n\r\nComplete!\r\n<\/pre>\n
Step 2: Starting Lighttpd<\/h2>\n
\/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd start<\/pre>\n
Step 3: Stopping Lighttpd<\/h2>\n
\/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd stop<\/pre>\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n
Commands Mentioned<\/h2>\n
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FAQ<\/h2>\n
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What is Lighttpd?<\/h3>\n
How do I install Lighttpd with FastCGI on CentOS 6.3?<\/h3>\n
How do I start the Lighttpd service?<\/h3>\n
How do I stop the Lighttpd service?<\/h3>\n
Why should I use Lighttpd?<\/h3>\n