Thursday, December 11, 2008

Webserver installation - lighttpd

If you want to use your slug as a webserver with php support you should follow the steps through and you will have a webserve with php support.
first write
#touch /.ext3flash
to prevent your flash disk drive wear out.Then update the package list using
#apt-get update
After these install the required packages using
#apt-get install lighttpd
#apt-get install php5-cgi
#apt-get install php5-gd
After the install, open lighttpd.conf:
#nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Add the code below under server.modules, like this:
"mod_fastcgi",
at the end of the file add
fastcgi.server = ( ".php" => ((
"bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php5-cgi",
"socket" => "/tmp/php.socket",
)))
After adding the code, save and exit.
try the server if it is working or not. Create info.php at /var/www/info.php
touch /var/www/info.php
edit this file
nano /var/www/info.php
write
?php
phpinfo();
?>
save and exit.Restart the server
/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
Type your address and try
http://192.168.1.77/info.php
I hope you can see something and the guide worked for you.See you in the next guide

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the guide, it works great. Just wanted to let you know you're missing a "<" at the beginning of the content of info.php. It can make a difference for those juste copy-pasting without paying much attention (like me!).

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  2. I am happy that it worked for you. I am aware of it but blogger does not let me to add that character. When I put it it recognizes it as a script I guess. Any advice would be appreciated.

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