Lighttpd is a really lightweight web server, which is exactly what I wanted, and configuring it is as easy as typing in a few commands.
Here is how I did it on Linux Debian 6(Squeeze) x86 minimal:
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install nano
… to update your system and to install the nano text editor (which you do not necessarily need).
apt-get install lighttpd php5-cgi
To install lighttpd and php cgi.
lighty-enable-mod fastcgi lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php
Enable fastcgi for PHP
/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
To make changes take effect.
Now should the “lighty-enable” lines not work for you:
nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Open the configuration file with the editor nano.
Add “mod_fastcgi” to the modules:
server.modules = (
"mod_access",
"mod_accesslog",
"mod_fastcgi",
"mod_rewrite",
"mod_auth"
)
Add this code to the configuration:
fastcgi.server = ( ".php" =>; ((
"bin-path" =>; "/usr/bin/php-cgi",
"socket" =>; "/tmp/php.socket"
)))
Continue here to set up php5-fpm which consumes less resources.
