Lighttpd is a free and open source secure, fast and lightweight web server software. It comes with FastCGI, CGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting options.
Install Lighttpd on Ubuntu
Open the terminal application (ctrl+alt+t) and run below command.It will install the latest version of lighttpd on your system.
sudo apt install lighttpd -y
Start Lighttpd:
After the installation, you can start lighttpd web server using below command.
sudo systemctl start lighttpd
Test Lighttpd Installation:
Once Lighttpd is started, you can test it by opening any web browser and go to the below url if you are installing it locally.
http://localhost
You can also try with your server’s IP address or domain name.
If you have installed Lighttpd correctly, You should see the following page:
The DocumentRoot, which is the directory under which all your Website files should exist, is set to /var/www/html.
The default directory index is index.html and The default configuration for Lighttpd is located in the /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf file.
