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#!rst ==================
Configuration File ==================

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Module: core
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.. meta::
:keywords: lighttpd, configuration

.. contents:: Table of Contents

Description ===========

Basic Syntax
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A BNF like notation: ::

option   : NAME = VALUE
merge : NAME += VALUE
NAME : modulename.key
VALUE : ( <string> | <integer> | <boolean> | <array> | VALUE [ + VALUE ]*)
<string> : "text"
<integer>: digit*
<boolean>: ( "enable" | "disable" )
<array> : "(" [ <string> "=>" ] <value> [, [ <string> "=>" ] <value> ]* ")"
INCLUDE : "include" VALUE
INCLUDE_SHELL : "include_shell" STRING_VALUE

Example
-------

::

  1. default document-root
    server.document-root = "/var/www/example.org/pages/"
  1. TCP port
    server.port = 80
  1. selecting modules
    server.modules = ( "mod_access", "mod_rewrite" )
  1. variables, computed when config is read.
    var.mymodule = "foo"
    server.modules += ( "mod_" + var.mymodule )
  2. var.PID is initialised to the pid of lighttpd before config is parsed
  1. include, relative to dirname of main config file
    include "mime.types.conf"
  1. read configuration from output of a command
    include_shell "/usr/local/bin/confmimetype /etc/mime.types"

Conditional Configuration =========================

Most options can be configured conditionally by using the following syntax
(including nesting).

::

<field> <operator> <value> {
...
<field> <operator> <value> {
... nesting: match only when parent match
}
}
else <field> <operator> <value> {
... the "else if" block
}

where <field> is one of one of the following:

$HTTP["cookie"]
match on cookie
$HTTP["host"]
match on host
$HTTP["useragent"]
match on useragent
$HTTP["referer"]
match on referer
$HTTP["url"]
match on url. If there are nested blocks, this must be the most inner block.
$HTTP["querystring"]
match on querystring, eg, after the ? in this type url: index.php?module=images..
$HTTP["remoteip"]
match on the remote IP or a remote Network (Warning: doesn't work with IPv6 enabled)
$HTTP["scheme"] (Introduced in version 1.4.19)
match on the scheme used by the incoming connection. This is either "http" or "https".
$SERVER["socket"]
match on socket. Value must be on the format "ip:port" where ip is an IP address and
port a port number, or ":port" to match port only. Only equal match (==) is supported.
It also binds the daemon to this socket. Use this if you want to do IP/port-based virtual hosts.
$PHYSICAL["path"] (Introduced in version 1.5.0)
match on the mapped physical path of the file / cgi script to be served.
$PHYSICAL["existing-path"] (Introduced in version 1.5.0)
match on the mapped physical path of the file / cgi script to be served
only if such a file exists on the local filesystem.

<operator> is one of:

string equal match
!=
string not equal match
=~
perl style regular expression match
!~
perl style regular expression not match

and <value> is either a quoted ("") literal string or regular expression.

Example
-------

::

  1. disable directory-listings for /download/*
    dir-listing.activate = "enable"
    $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/download/" {
    dir-listing.activate = "disable"
    }
  1. handle virtual hosting
  2. map all domains of a top-level-domain to a single document-root
    $HTTP["host"] =~ "(^|\.)example\.org$" {
    server.document-root = "/var/www/htdocs/example.org/pages/"
    }
  1. multiple sockets
    $SERVER["socket"] "127.0.0.1:81" {
    server.document-root = "..."
    }
$SERVER["socket"] == "127.0.0.1:443" {
ssl.pemfile = "/var/www/certs/localhost.pem"
ssl.engine = "enable"
server.document-root = "/var/www/htdocs/secure.example.org/pages/" 
}
  1. deny access for all googlebot
    $HTTP["useragent"] =~ "Google" {
    url.access-deny = ( "" )
    }
  1. deny access for all image stealers (anti-hotlinking for images)
    $HTTP["referer"] !~ "^($|http://www\.example\.org)" {
    url.access-deny = ( ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png" )
    }
  1. deny the access to www.example.org to all user which
  2. are not in the 10.0.0.0/8 network
    $HTTP["host"] == "www.example.org" {
    $HTTP["remoteip"] != "10.0.0.0/8" {
    url.access-deny = ( "" )
    }
    }
  1. Allow only 200.19.1.5 and 210.45.2.7 to
  2. have access to www.example.org/admin/
    $HTTP["host"] == "www.example.org" {
    #!~ is a perl style regular expression not match
    $HTTP["remoteip"] !~ "^(200\.19\.1\.5|210\.45\.2\.7)$" {
    $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/admin/" {
    url.access-deny = ( "" )
    }
    }
    }

Troubleshooting
---------------

If you're not running on the default port, $HTTP["host"] will have the port appended to it, so regular expressions ending in "$" (without allowing for a port) won't match. To match with or without a port, change "(|\\.)example\\.org$" to "(|\\.)example\\.org(\\:[0-9]*)?$"

advanced usage ==============
check the blog:
http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2005/05/07/advanced-configuration-in-up-upcoming-1-4-x

Using variables ===============

You can set your own variables in the configuration to simplify your config.
::

var.basedir = "/home/www/servers/" 
$HTTP["host"] == "www.example.org" {
server.name = "www.example.org"
include "incl-base.conf"
}
in incl-base.conf:
server.document-root = basedir + server.name + "/pages/"
accesslog.filename = basedir + server.name + "/logs/access.log"

You can also use environment variables or the default variables var.PID and
var.CWD: ::

var.basedir = env.LIGHTTPDBASE
$HTTP["host"] == "www.example.org" {
server.name = "www.example.org"
include "incl-base.conf"
include "incl-fastcgi.conf"
}
in incl-fastcgi.conf:
fastcgi.server = ( ... => ((
"socket" => basedir + server.name + "/tmp/fastcgi-" + PID + ".sock"
)) )

Or like the lighttpd script for rails does:

var.basedir = var.CWD
server.document-root = basedir + "/public/"

Global context ==============

::

global {
...
}

You don't need it in the main configuration file. But you might have
difficulty setting a server wide configuration inside a included-file from
conditionals.

Example
-------

::

in lighttpd.conf:
server.modules = ()
$HTTP["host"] == "www.example.org" {
include "incl-php.conf"
}
in incl-php.conf:
global {
server.modules += ("mod_fastcgi")
static-file.exclude-extensions += (".php")
}
fastcgi.server = "..."

Options =======

`All Configuration Options`__

.. __: http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AConfigurationOptions

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Updated by Anonymous almost 16 years ago · 25 revisions