lighttpd 安装配置

首先需要安装：
libpcre
libz

可从http://lighttpd.net/download/下载最新的源码(.tar.gz)或者rpm包。如果下载的是.tar.gz文件，则和GNU的其他软件一样，先./configure一下，然后 make && make install就搞定了。但是如果你想定制一些功能，就得好好看看解压后README, INSTALL以及./configure --help的输出结果了。这里仅仅说一下如何从源码安装，其他安装方式可参考 http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/TutorialInstallation。

$ gzip -cd lighttpd-1.4.9.tar.gz | tar xf -
...
$ cd lighttpd-1.4.9
$ ./configure --help
`configure' configures lighttpd 1.4.9 to adapt to many kinds of systems.

Usage: ./configure [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...

To assign environment variables (e.g., CC, CFLAGS...), specify them as
VAR=VALUE.  See below for descriptions of some of the useful variables.

Defaults for the options are specified in brackets.

Configuration:
...

Installation directories:
  --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
                          [/usr/local]
  --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
                          [PREFIX]

By default, `make install' will install all the files in
`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc.  You can specify
an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix',
for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.

For better control, use the options below.

Fine tuning of the installation directories:
...

Program names:
...

System types:
...

Optional Features:
  --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
  --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
  --enable-maintainer-mode  enable make rules and dependencies not useful
                          (and sometimes confusing) to the casual installer
  --disable-dependency-tracking  speeds up one-time build
  --enable-dependency-tracking   do not reject slow dependency extractors
  --enable-static[=PKGS]
                          build static libraries [default=no]
  --enable-shared[=PKGS]
                          build shared libraries [default=yes]
  --enable-fast-install[=PKGS]
                          optimize for fast installation [default=yes]
  --disable-libtool-lock  avoid locking (might break parallel builds)
  --enable-lfs            Turn on Large File System (default)
  --disable-ipv6          disable IPv6 support

Optional Packages:
  --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
  --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
  --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
  --with-pic              try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects [default=use
                          both]
  --with-tags[=TAGS]
                          include additional configurations [automatic]
  --with-mysql[=PATH]
                          Include MySQL support. PATH is the path to
                          'mysql_config'
  --with-ldap             enable LDAP support
  --with-attr             enable extended attribute support
  --with-valgrind         enable internal support for valgrind
  --with-openssl[=DIR]
                          Include openssl support (default no)
  --with-openssl-includes=DIR
                          OpenSSL includes
  --with-openssl-libs=DIR OpenSSL libraries
  --with-kerberos5        use Kerberos5 support with OpenSSL
  --with-pcre             Enable pcre support (default yes)
  --with-bzip2            Enable bzip2 support for mod_compress
  --with-fam              fam/gamin for reducing number of stat() calls
  --with-webdav-props     properties in mod_webdav
  --with-gdbm             gdbm storage for mod_trigger_b4_dl
  --with-memcache         memcached storage for mod_trigger_b4_dl
  --with-lua              lua engine for mod_cml

Some influential environment variables:
...

如上所述，可通过--prefix指定安装路径，默认安装在/usr/local下。可以指定启用哪些特征(插件)，禁用哪些特征(插件)。假定我们要把lighttpd安装到/usr/local/lighttpd-1.4.9下面。

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/lighttpd-1.4.9
$ make
$ make install
$ cp  doc/lighttpd.conf /usr/local/lighttpd-1.4.9/  # 拷贝配置文件 
$ cd /usr/local/lighttpd-1.4.9
$ vi lighttpd.conf # 修改配置文件

配置文件很直观明了，一般只要把server.document-root、server.errorlog、accesslog.filename改成你的实际目录和文件名字就可以了。

$ sbin/lighttpd -f lighttpd.conf # 启动lighttpd服务
$ ps aux | grep lighttpd
www 15403  0.0  0.9  2860 1148 ? S 00:15 0:00 sbin/lighttpd -f

这就完成了从安装到启动的整个过程，很简单吧。从最后一行的输出可以看出，lighttpd是单进程服务的，这和apache不一样（也许是它的稳定性不如apache的一个原因）。