lighttpd(8) - a fast, secure and flexible web server



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    LIGHTTPD(8)                                                                                          LIGHTTPD(8)
    
    
    
    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.
    
           /var/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 <[email protected]>
    
    
    
                                                       2009-03-07                                        LIGHTTPD(8)

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