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Lighttpd

Lighttpd

Lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server optimized for speed-critical environments: low memory footprint, small CPU load, event-driven architecture. BSD-3-Clause licensed and in production use since 2003.

At a glance

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GitHub stars

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Active installs

License BSD-3-Clause Version Latest OS Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Min RAM 1 GB IP IPV4,IPV6

Active installs is sample data (staging preview); real metric wires in before launch.

Accessing Lighttpd

  • Open in browser: http://<SERVER_IP>

Managing Lighttpd

Check service status:

systemctl status lighttpd

Restart Lighttpd:

systemctl restart lighttpd

Reload configuration:

systemctl reload lighttpd

View logs:

journalctl -u lighttpd -f

Enable Additional Modules

List available modules:

ls /etc/lighttpd/conf-available

Enable a module:

lighty-enable-mod <module-name>
systemctl restart lighttpd

Disable a module:

lighty-disable-mod <module-name>
systemctl restart lighttpd

Important Files & Directories

  • Main Config: /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
  • Config Directory: /etc/lighttpd/conf-available
  • Enabled Configs: /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled
  • Web Root: /var/www/html
  • Logs: /var/log/lighttpd/

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