Comments on: Configure lighttpd alias (mod_alias)

By: Sirolway

Sirolway — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:12:53 +0000

I’m trying to configure a couple of aliases using lighttpd for Windows
The second alias is nested in a sub-sub folder of the first, so the folder structure is
c:\firstDir\secondDir\thirdDir

The application I’m trying to use references http://servername/firstDir/thirdDir...
So I need to configure Lighttpd to do this…

Lighttpd won’t start if I try:

alias.url = (
“/firstDir/” => “C:/firstDir/”,
“/firstDir/thirdDir/” => “C:/firstDir/secondDir/thirdDir/”
)

Can anyone tell me how I can configure aliases that are nested inside other aliases…?
TIA

By: Howard Miller

Howard Miller — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:59:56 +0000

It appears that when using an alias, the index.file-names setting is ignored. If, for example, you want index.php to be found then it won’t work with an alias.

Is this a bug, or am I missing something obvious?

By: vivek

vivek — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:17:09 +0000

> Is the space bewteen “mod_” and “alias” intentional?
Noop, it was a typo.

By: Minh

Minh — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:55:04 +0000

In this line:

server.modules += ( “mod_ alias” )

Is the space bewteen “mod_” and “alias” intentional?

By: nixcraft

nixcraft — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:00:43 +0000

You can use += or use following syntax:

alias.url = (
"/stats/star/" => "/home/lighttpd/stats/out/",
"/docs/" => "/usr/share/docs/",
"/somedir/" => "/home/somewhere/"
)

By: nixcraft

nixcraft — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:52:12 +0000

Dunxd,

Thanks for pointing out windows and UNIX difference while configuring alias.

Appreciate your post.

By: Dunxd

Dunxd — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:36:35 +0000

On Windows the trailing slash for the alias (the first path) breaks the configuration.

E.g.
alias.url = ( "/docs/" => "/usr/share/doc/" ) ^
Doesn’t work.
alias.url = ( "/docs" => "/usr/share/doc/" )
Does work.

By: Dunxd

Dunxd — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:32:45 +0000

Want to add more than one alias?

Use += for subsequent alias.url lines.

E.g.
alias.url = ( "/cgi-bin/" => "/home/lighttpd/theos.in/cgi-bin/" ) alias.url += ( "docs/" => "/usr/share/doc/" )