EMF Build Server Setup/Lighttpd

If you don't want to run Apache or need a second webserver instance, you might decide to run Lighttpd 1.4. Here's how to install and configure it to use PHP.

1. Install lighttpd.

apt-get install lighttpd

2. If you're already running an http server on port :80, you'll need to change lighttpd's default port from :80 to something else, like :81. Edit /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf and change this line:

server.port = 81

3. To use PHP, enable the fastcgi module.

/etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled; \ ln -s ../conf-available/10-fastcgi.conf

4. Install php cgi module.

apt-get install php5-cgi

5. If using PHP5 instead of PHP4, edit the 10-fastcgi.conf file to point to the correct PHP cgi executable, as it defaults to PHP4:

"bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php5-cgi"

6. Restart the server

/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart

7. Test the server by creating a file called index.php and placing it in the webserver root, /var/www/.

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

8. Browse to http://localhost:81/ and verify the PHP settings.