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"
                                 )
                               )
                            )