Stop / Restart Lighttpd Web Server

Q. I'm unable to find any commands to stop lighttpd web server? How do I stop lighttpd under Debian Linux installed using apt-get command?

A. /etc/init.d/lighttpd is script under Linux to stop / restart lighttpd web server.

To stop lighttpd:

Just type the following command to stop lighttpd:
# /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop

To restart lighttpd:

Just type the following command to restart lighttpd:
# /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart

To start lighttpd:

# /etc/init.d/lighttpd start

Debian / Ubuntu Linux Start lighttpd

# /etc/init.d/lighttpd start

Debian / Ubuntu Linux - Stop lighttpd

# /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop

Debian / Ubuntu Linux - Restart lighttpd

# /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart

FreeBSD Start lighttpd web server

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/lighttpd start

FreeBSD - Stop lighttpd webserver

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/lighttpd stop

FreeBSD - Restart lighttpd webserver

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/lighttpd restart
In case if you don't have init script, type the following:
# killall lighttpd

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