DeployLighttpdPHPServer

Introduction

This is the procedures for deploying a lighttpd + PHP server on Fedora. This has been done on Fedora 17 which systemd is built in.

Installation

1. Install package "php-cli".
2. Install package "lighttpd".
3. Install package "lighttpd-fastcgi".
4. You can install it at once with yum:

   $ su -c "yum install php-cli lighttpd lighttpd-fastcgi"
       

Modules Setup

1. Gain access as user "root".
2. Open /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf and uncomment the line:

   ##include "modules.conf"
       

3. Open /etc/lighttpd/modules.conf and uncomment the line:

   #include "conf.d/fastcgi.conf"
       

4. Open /etc/lighttpd/conf.d/fastcgi.conf and add the following lines:

   fastcgi.server             = ( ".php" =>
                                  ( "localhost" =>
                                    (
                                      "socket" => "/var/run/lighttpd/php-fastcgi.socket",
                                      "bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi"
                                    )
                                  )
                               )
       

Service Restart & Testing

1. Restart the lighttpd server:

   $ su -c systemctl restart lighttpd.service
       

2. Create a file "test.php" in default home directory "/var/www/lighttpd/", with the following contents:

   <?php echo phpinfo(); ?>
       

3. Open the page "http://localhost/test.php" for results.