NAME

lighttpd - a fast, secure and flexible web server

SYNOPSIS

lighttpd [-ptDvVh] -f configfile [-m moduledir]

DESCRIPTION

lighttpd (pronounced 'lighty') is an advanced HTTP daemon that aims to be secure, fast, compliant and very flexible. It has been optimized for high performance. Its feature set includes, but is not limited to, FastCGI, CGI, basic and digest HTTP authentication, output compression, URL rewriting.

This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details on how to configure lighttpd and its modules see the files in the doc-directory.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-f  configfile

Load configuration file configfile.

-m  moduledir

Use moduledir as the directory that contains modules, instead of the default.

-p

Print the parsed configuration file in its internal form and exit.

-t

Test the configuration file for syntax errors and exit.

-tt

Test the configuration file for syntax errors, load and initialize modules, and exit.

-D

Do not daemonize (go into background). The default is to daemonize.

-i  secs

Trigger daemon graceful shutdown after secs of inactivity.

-1

Process single (one) request on stdin socket, then exit.

-v

Show version and exit.

-V

Show compile-time features and exit.

-h

Show a brief help message and exit.

FILES

/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

The standard location for the configuration file.

/run/lighttpd.pid

The standard location for the PID of the running lighttpd process.

SEE ALSO

Online Documentation: https://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/

spawn-fcgi(1)

Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1, RFC 2616.

HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication, RFC 2617.

The Common Gateway Interface Version 1.1, RFC 3875.

The FastCGI specification.

AUTHOR

Jan Kneschke <jan@kneschke.de>