Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 - lighttpd 1.5.0 installation
Lighttpd 1.5.0 pre release is now available for download. There are some nice and good features. Many things have been improved, changed and added. New mod-proxy-core is much better as compare to old mod-fastcgi/mod_cgi.
On other hand Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 comes with
=> PHP5 fastcgi binary (/usr/bin/php-cgi)
=> MySQL 5
=> And nice latest and stable stuff.
My old lighttpd howtos all are based upon 1.4.x series. Most of those howtos are still valid I will add only new stuff here.
Note following instructions are 100% compatible with latest version of Fedora Core and Cent OS (based upon RHEL 5.x)
Download lighttpd
Download and untar lighttpd-1.5.0-r1691.tar.gz tar ball
# cd /opt
# wget http://www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/2/23/lighttpd-1.5.0-r1691.tar.gz
# tar -zxvf lighttpd-1.5.0-r1691.tar.gz
Install all nessary development libraries
You need to install following libraries to compile required modules and features:
- glib2-devel : Gnome header files for version 2 of the GLib library
- openssl-devel – Used by core and SSL support
- pcre-devel - Used by mod_redirect, mod_rewrite,
- bzip2-devel - Use by compress-bzip2
- zlib-devel - Used by compress-gzip and compress-deflate. It contains the header files and libraries.
# yum install glib2-devel openssl-devel pcre-devel bzip2-devel gzip-devel
Configure lighttpd
Configure required modules and features:
# ./configure --program-prefix= --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-openssl
Install lighttpd
Just compile and install lighttpd:
# make
# make install
Add necessary user/group and directories
First add lighttpd user:
# adduser -m -d /var/www -s /sbin/nologin lighttpd
Next create configuration directories:
# mkdir /etc/lighttpd/
# mkdir /etc/lighttpd/ssl
# mkdir /var/log/lighttpd
# mkdir -p /var/www/html
# chown lighttpd:lighttpd /var/log/lighttpd
Lighttpd basic configuration
Now you need to create basic configuration file. Just grab my default configuration file:
# cd /etc/lighttpdMake changes as per your setup:
# wget http://www.cyberciti.biz/files/lighttpd/1.5.0/lighttpd.conf.txt
# mv lighttpd.conf.txt lighttpd.conf
# vi lighttpd.conf
Copy lighttpd init.d file:
# cd /etc/init.d
# wget http://www.cyberciti.biz/files/lighttpd/1.5.0/lighttpd.init.d.txt
# mv lighttpd.init.d.txt lighttpd
# chmod +x lighttpd
# chkconfig on lighttpd
spawn-fcgi is used to spawn remote FastCGI processes such as php. This is a new change in this version. Both of above lighttpd init.d and lighttpd scripts are patched to support spawn-fcgi automatically.
Caution: Do not use lighttpd 1.4.x series configuration files.
Start lighttpd
My setup:
# uname -mrs
Output:
Linux 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 x86_64
# cat /etc/redhat-release
Output:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)
# lighttpd -v
Output:
lighttpd-1.5.0 (ssl) - a light and fast webserver Build-Date: Mar 31 2007 13:40:13
Now start lighttpd:
# /etc/init.d/lighttpd start
Starting lighttpd: mod_proxy_core_address.c.63: (trace) adding unix:/tmp/php-fastcgi.sock to the address-pool
[ OK ]
spawn-fcgi.c.209: child spawned successfully: PID: 6344
Make sure lighttpd is listing and bind to port 80:
# netstat -tulpn | grep :80
Output:
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 6436/lighttpd
See also
=> Feel free to browse our rich collection of lighttpd tips and howtos
=> Official Lighttpd web site
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when i start lighttpd using this:
# /etc/init.d/lighttpd start
hey i get an error like this:
Starting lighttpd: 2007-06-08 14:41:42: (network.c.289) can’t bind to port: 80Address already in use
[FAILED]
spawn-fcgi.c.230: child exited with: 126, Unknown error 126
would you happen to know where i probably got it wrong? thanks.
Make sure apache is not running on Port 25. Type command
/etc/init.d/httpd stop
Try again.
2007-06-21 20:58:29: (plugin.c.165) dlopen() failed for: /usr/local/lib/mod_proxy_core.so /usr/local/lib/mod_proxy_core.so: undefined symbol: iosocket_free
2007-06-21 20:58:29: (server.c.594) loading plugins finally failed
I get this erros…
What about using the configuration settings on a system that has a standard yum installation of an earlier version of lighttpd. Would there be collisions? Would an update to yum overwrite this installation? I just haven’t found enough information, or experience, to decipher the configure options. Any help would be appreciated. I would uninstall the standard package on my Centos, but I wonder if it would be overwritten later during a yum update.
Thanks
Eric
I am getting this
[root@srv01 lighttpd]# service lighttpd start
Starting lighttpd: configfile-glue.c.169: (error) found deprecated key in ‘proxy-core.check-local’ = ‘use $PHYSICAL["existing-path"] =~ … { … } instead’
mod_proxy_core_address.c.63: (trace) adding unix:/tmp/php-fastcgi.sock to the address-pool
2007-08-22 23:34:03: (server.c.1474) Configuration contains deprecated keys. Going down.
We are also getting this error:
/etc/init.d/lighttpd start
Starting lighttpd: 2008-04-18 09:52:13: (plugin.c.165) dlopen() failed for: /usr/lib/mod_proxy_core.so /usr/lib/mod_proxy_core.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
2008-04-18 09:52:13: (server.c.621) loading plugins finally failed
[FAILED]
spawn-fcgi.c.89: socket is already used, can’t spawn
What package provides mod_proxy_core.so ?
Hi,
Thanks a lot for this artical, I successfully installed in RHEL 5
Thanks again ….
Hi, sorry to bother you.. I have lighty lighttpd-1.4.19 (ssl) installed and running on my debian for mor than 6 months.
Today I notice that its behaving very very VERY slow. I updated my apt if im not wrong on monday, and restarted lighty yesterday.
I see no CPU usage, and memory seems like always. I thought the prob was fast-cgi, but every page even html static ones, within a few seconds after lighty is restarted it wont load, well maybe like 5 minutes later.
Its not like a have thousands of visits… but it was good two days ago.. also browse with a anony proxy and it gives time out
Any idea?