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 h1. Configuration File Options 

 


 Here you will find a list of all available configuration options for lighttpd.    They are grouped by module, and a link to each module configuration will provide with more detail information about each option, as well as examples, and other guidelines. 

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 [[lighttpd:Docs:UserWrittenMods|Modules written by Lighttpd Users]] 

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 h2. Lighttpd Core Options 

   

   *server.bind*: IP address, hostname or absolute path to the unix-domain socket. [[server.bindDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.dir-listing*: enable/disable dir listing. [[lighttpd:Docs:ModDirlisting|Details]] 
   

   *server.document-root*: document-root of the webserver. [[server.document-rootDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.event-handler*: set the event handler.    [[server.event-handlerDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.errorlog*: pathname of the error-log. [[server.errorlogDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.errorlog-use-syslog*: send errorlog to syslog. [[server.errorlog-use-syslogDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.error-handler-404*:    uri to call if the requested file results in a 404.    [[server.error-handler-404Details|Details]]  
    

   *server.errorfile-prefix*: path prefix for special status codes pages.    [[server.errorfile-prefixDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.chroot*: root-directory of the server. [[server.chrootDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.core-files*: enable core files.  
    

   *server.username*: username used to run the server. [[server.usernameDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.groupname*: groupname used to run the server.    [[server.groupnameDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.follow-symlink*: allow to follow-symlinks.    [[server.follow-symlinksDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.force-lowercase-filenames*: enable force all filenames to lowercase. 
   

   *server.kbytes-per-second*: limit the throughput for all connections to the given limit in kbyte/s. [[lighttpd:Docs:TrafficShaping|Details]]  
    

   *connection.kbytes-per-second*: limit the throughput for each single connection to the given limit in kbyte/s. [[lighttpd:Docs:TrafficShaping|Details]]   
     

   *server.max-connections*: maximum connections. [[server.max-connectionsDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.max-read-idle*: maximum number of seconds until a waiting, non keep-alive read times out and closes the connection. [[server.max-read-idleDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.modules*: modules to load.    [[server.modulesDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.pid-file*: set the name and location    of the .pid-file. [[server.pid-fileDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.port*: tcp-port to bind the server to.[[server.portDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.max-request-size*: maximum size in kbytes of the request. [[server.max-request-sizeDetails|Details]]   
     

   *server.max-worker*: number of worker processes to spawn.    [[server.max-workerDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.name*: name of the server/virtual server.    [[server.nameDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.network-backend*: basic network interface for all platforms at the syscalls read() and write() [[server.network-backendDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.max-fds*: maximum number of file descriptors. [[server.max-fdsDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.max-keep-alive-requests*: maximum number of request within a keep-alive session.    [[server.max-keep-alive-requestsDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.max-keep-alive-idle*: maximum number of seconds until a idling keep-alive connection is droped. [[server.max-keep-alive-idleDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.max-write-idle*: maximum number of seconds until a waiting write call times out. [[server.max-write-idleDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.protocol-http11*: defines if HTTP/1.1 is allowed or not.    [[server.protocol-http11Details|Details]]  
    

   *server.range-requests*: defines if range requests are allowed or not.    [[server.range-requestsDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.stat-cache-engine*: select stat() call caching. [[server.stat-cache-engineDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.tag*: set the string returned by the server. [[server.use-tagDetails|Details]] 
   

   *server.upload-dirs*: path to upload directory. [[server.upload-dirsDetails|Details]]  
    

   *server.use-ipv6*: bind to the IPv6 socket.   
     

   *index-file.names*: list of files to search for if a directory is requested.    [[index-file-names.Details|Details]]  
   *mimetype.assign*:  

   '''[wiki:mimetype.assignDetails mimetype.assign]''': list of known mimetype mappings.    [[mimetype.assignDetails|Details]]  
   *mimetype.use-xattr*:  

   '''[wiki:mimetype.use-xattrDetails mimetype.use-xattr]''': try to use XFS-style extended attribute interface for retreiving the Content-Type.    [[mimetype.use-xattrDetails|Details]]  
    

   *static-file.exclude-extensions*: forbid access to the source of some types of files by extension.  
    

   *etag.use-inode*: Determines if inode-value is used in ETag generation [[etag.use-inodeDetails|Details]]  
    

   *etag.use-mtime*: Determines if mtime-value is used in ETag generation [[etag.use-mtimeDetails|Details]]  
    

   *etag.use-size*: Determines if size-value is used in ETag generation [[etag.use-sizeDetails|Details]]  
    

   *static-file.etags*: Determines if ETags are generated or not 


 



 h3. SSL Options 

   

   *ssl.engine*: enable/disable ssl engine. 
   

   *ssl.pemfile*: path to the PEM file for SSL support.    [[lighttpd:Docs:SSL|Details]]  
    

   *ssl.ca-file*: path to the CA file for support of chained certificates. [[lighttpd:Docs:SSL|Details]]  



  



 h3. Core Debug Info 

   

   *debug.log-request-header*: log all request headers.  
    

   *debug.log-file-not-found*:    log if a file wasn't found. 
   

   *debug.log-condition-handling*: log conditionals handling for debugging.  
    

   *debug.log-request-header-on-error*: log request header, but only when there is an error.  
    

   *debug.log-request-handling*: log request handling inside lighttpd. 
   

   *debug.log-state-handling*:    log state handling inside lighttpd. 
   

   *debug.log-response-header*: log the header we send out to the client. 
   

   [[DebugVariables|Debug Variable Information]] 

 


 h2. Options for mod_access - access restrictions module 

   

   *url.access-deny*: Denies access to all files with any of given trailing path names. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModAccess|mod_access documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_accesslog - access log files module 

   

   *accesslog.use-syslog*: send the accesslog to syslog. 
   

   *accesslog.format*: the format of the logfile.  
    

   *accesslog.filename*: name of the file where the accesslog should be written to if syslog is not used. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModAccessLog|mod_accesslog documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_alias - directory aliases module 

   

   *alias.url*: rewrites the document-root for a URL-subset. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModAlias|mod_alias documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_auth - authentication module 

   

   *auth.debug*: enable/disable authentication module debug information. 
   

   *auth.backend*: type of authentication backend. 
   

   *auth.require*:   
     

   *auth.backend.ldap.hostname*: hostname of ldap server.   
     

   *auth.backend.ldap.starttls*:   
     

   *auth.backend.ldap.filter*:   
     

   *auth.backend.ldap.bind-pw*:   
     

   *auth.backend.ldap.ca-file*:    
      

   *auth.backend.ldap.base-dn*:   
     

   *auth.backend.ldap.bind-dn*:   
     

   *auth.backend.plain.userfile*: path to plain userfile.   
     

   *auth.backend.plain.groupfile*: path to plain groupfile.   
     

   *auth.backend.htdigest.userfile*: path to htdigest userfile.  
    

   *auth.backend.htpasswd.userfile*: path to htpassword userfile.  
    

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModAuth|mod_auth documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_cache - web accelerating module 

   

   *cache.bases*: directory arrays which want to save cache files  
    

   *cache.enable*:  
    

   *cache.domains*: domain pcre regex arrays which mod_cache will cache  
    

   *cache.support-queries*:  
    

   *cache.debug*: writes mod_cache debuging messages to error.log or not  
    

   *cache.purge-host*: pcre regex hosts ip which are allowed to PURGE cache file  
    

   *cache.refresh-pattern*:  
    

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModCache|mod_cache documentation]] 


 



 h2. Options for mod_cgi - cgi module 

   

   *cgi.assign*: assign cgi handler to an extension. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModCGI|mod_cgi documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_cml - Cache Meta Language module 

   

   *cml.memcache-namespace*:           (not used yet)  
    

   *cml.power-magnet*: a cml file that is executed for each request. 
   

   *cml.memcache-hosts*: hosts for the memcache.* functions. 
   

   *cml.extension*: the file extension that is bound to the cml-module. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModCML|mod_cml documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_compress - compress output module 

   

   *compress.max-filesize*: maximum size of the original file to be compressed kBytes. 
   

   *compress.cache-dir*: name of the directory where compressed content will be cached. 
   

   *compress.filetype*: mimetypes which might get compressed. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModCompress|mod_compress documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_deflate - dynamic compression module (Patch) 

    

    *deflate.enabled*: enable/disable deflate support. 
    

    *deflate.compression-level*: level of compression. 
    

    *deflate.mem-level*: 
    

    *deflate.window-size*: 
    

    *deflate.bzip2*: enable/disable bzip support. (only in patch for 1.4.x) 
    

    *deflate.allowed_encodings*: (only in 1.5.x) 
    

    *deflate.min-compress-size*: minimum size document before compressing. 
    

    *deflate.sync-flush*: enable sync flush. 
    

    *deflate.output-buffer-size*: size of buffer for compression. 
    

    *deflate.work-block-size*: minimum block size for compression. 
    

    *deflate.mimetypes*: mimetype listing to be compressed.  
     

    *deflate.debug*: enable debug. 
   

   [[Mod_Deflate|mod_deflate documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_dirlisting - directory listing module 

   

   *server.dir-listing*: enable/disable directory listing. 
   

   *dir-listing.activate*: enables virtual directory listings if a directory is requested no index-file was found. 
   

   *dir-listing.external-css*: path to an external css stylesheet for the directory listing. 
   

   *dir-listing.encoding*: set a encoding for the generated directory listing. 
   

   *dir-listing.hide-dotfiles*: if enabled, does not list hidden files in directory listings generated by the dir-listing option. 
   

   *dir-listing.show-header*: include HEADER.txt files above the directory listing.. 
   

   *dir-listing.hide-header-file*: enables hide header file from directory listing. 
   

   *dir-listing.show-readme*: include README.txt files above the directory listing. 
   

   *dir-listing.hide-readme-file*: enables displaying readme file in directory listing. 
   

   *dir-listing.exclude*: files that match any of the specified regular expressions will be excluded from listings. 
   

   *dir-listing.set-footer*: displays a string in the footer of a listing page. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModDirlisting|mod_dirlisting documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_evasive - evasive module (version 1.5.0) 

   

   *evasive.max-conns-per-ip*: upper limit of number of connections per ip allowed. 



 



 h2. Options for mod_evhost - enhanced virtual host module 

   

   *evhost.path-pattern*: pattern with wildcards to be replace to build a documentroot. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModEVhost|mod_evhost documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_expire - cached expiration module 

   

   *expire.url*: assignes a expiration to all files below the specified path.  
    

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModExpire|mod_expire documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_extforward - extract the client's "real" IP from X-Forwarded-For header 

   

   *extforward.forwarder*: set trust level of proxy ip's  
    

   [[DocsModExtForward|mod_extforward documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_fastcgi - fastcgi module 

   

   *fastcgi.map-extensions*: map multiple extensions to the same fastcgi server. 
   

   *fastcgi.debug*: a value between 0 and 65535 to set the debug-level in the FastCGI module. 
   

   *fastcgi.server*: tell the module where to send FastCGI requests to.  
          

         *host*: is hostname/ip of the FastCGI process. 
         

         *port*: is tcp-port on the "host" used by the FastCGI process.  
          

         *socket*: path to the unix-domain socket. 
         

         *bin-path*: path to the local FastCGI binary which should be started if no local FastCGI is running. 
         

         *bin-environment*: set environment of FastCGI binary. 
         

         *bin-copy-environment*: copy environment from server for FastCGI binary. 
         

         *mode*:       is the FastCGI protocol mode. Default is "responder", also "authorizer" mode is implemented. 
         

         *docroot*: docroot on the remote host. 
         

         *allow-x-send-file*: controls if X-LIGHTTPD-send-file and X-Sendfile headers are allowed. 
         

         *broken-scriptfilename*: breaks SCRIPT_FILENAME in a way that PHP can extract PATH_INFO from it. 
         

         *idle-timeout*: number of seconds before a unused process gets terminated. 
         

         *max-procs*: upper limit of processes to start. 
         *min-procs*: 

         * min-procs*: sets the minimum processes to start. 
         

         *min-procs-not-working*:  
          

         *max-load-per-proc*: maximum number of waiting processes on average per process before a new process is spawned. 
         

         *check-local*: enable/disable check for requested file in document root. 
         

         *disable-time*: time to wait before a disabled backend is checked again. 
         

         *strip-request-uri*: strip part of request-uri. 
   


   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModFastCGI|mod_fastcgi documentation]] 

 



 h2. Options for mod_flv_streaming - flv streaming module 

    

    *flv-streaming.extensions*: extensions of flv files 
    

    "Blog Entry":http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2006/03/09/flv-streaming-with-lighttpd 
    

    "Additional Information ":http://jan.kneschke.de/projects/flv-streaming/ 
    

    "Flash Video Player 3.5 (Creative Commons)":http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/streaming.html 



 



 h2. Options for mod_mem_cache - local file accelerating 

    

    *mem-cache.filetypes*: content-type arrays which want to put into memory  
     

    *mem-cache.enable*:  
     

    *mem-cache.max-memory*: maxium memory in Mbytes mod-mem-cache can use  
     

    *mem-cache.max-file-size*: maxium file size in Kbytes of single file to cache in memory  
     

    *mem-cache.lru-remove-count*:  
     

    *mem-cache.expire-time*: memory cache's expire time in minutes  
     

    *mem-cache.slru-thresold* : slru threshold (against hit counter)  
    

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModMemCache|mod_mem_cache documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_mysql_vhost - Mysql virtual hosting module 

   

   *mysql-vhost.hostname*: hostname of mysql server. 
   

   *mysql-vhost.db*: database name. 
   

   *mysql-vhost.user*: username to access database. 
   

   *mysql-vhost.pass*: password to access database.  
    

   *mysql-vhost.sql*: SQL statement to execute to obtain docroot. 
   

   *mysql-vhost.port*: port where to connect to database. 
   

   *mysql-vhost.sock*: socket where to connect to database. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModMySQLVhost|mod_mysql_vhost documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_proxy - proxy module 

   

   *proxy.server*: where to send Proxy requests. 
     

     *host*: ip of host to send requests.  
      

     *port*: listening port of host.  
    

   *proxy.balance*: select type of balancing algorithm (round-robin, hash, fair). 
   

   *proxy.debug*: enable/disable proxy debug information. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModProxy|mod_proxy documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_redirect - redirect module 

   

   *url.redirect*: redirects a set of URLs externally. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModRedirect|mod_redirect documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_rewrite - rewriting module 

   

   *url.rewrite-once*: rewrites a set of URLs internally and skip the rest. 
   

   *url.rewrite-repeat*: rewrites a set of URLs internally in the webserver, continue applying rewrite rules. 
   

   *url.rewrite*: same as url.rewrite-once. 
   

   *url.rewrite-final*: same as url.rewrite-once. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModRewrite|mod_rewrite documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_rrdtool - rrdtool module 

   

   *rrdtool.db-name*: filename of the rrd-database.  
    

   *rrdtool.binary*: path to the rrdtool binary. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModRRDTool|mod_rrdtool    documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_scgi - SCGI Module 

   

   *scgi.map-extensions*: map multiple extensions to the same scgi server. 
   

   *scgi.debug*: a value between 0 and 65535 to set the debug-level in the SCGI module. 
   

   *scgi.server*: tell the module where to send SCGI requests to.  
          

         *host*: is hostname/ip of the SCGI process. 
         

         *port*: is tcp-port on the "host" used by the SCGI process.  
          

         *socket*: path to the unix-domain socket. 
         

         *bin-path*: path to the local SCGI binary which should be started if no local SCGI is running. 
         

         *bin-environment*: set environment of SCGI binary. 
         

         *bin-copy-environment*: copy environment from server for SCGI binary. 
         

         *docroot*: docroot on the remote host. 
         

         *allow-x-send-file*: controls if X-LIGHTTPD-send-file and X-Sendfile headers are allowed. 
         

         *broken-scriptfilename*: breaks SCRIPT_FILENAME in a way that PHP can extract PATH_INFO from it. 
         

         *idle-timeout*: number of seconds before a unused process gets terminated. 
         

         *max-procs*: upper limit of processes to start. 
         *min-procs*: 

         * min-procs*: sets the minium processes to start. 
         

         *min-procs-not-working*: 
         *max-load-per-proc*: maximum number of waiting processes on average per process before a new process is spawned. 
         

         *check-local*: enable/disable check for requested file in document root. 
         

         *disable-time*: time to wait before a disabled backend is checked again. 
         

         *strip-request-uri*: strip part of request-uri. 
   


   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSCGI|mod_scgi documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_secure_download - secure and fast download module 

   

   *secdownload.document-root*: path to the download area. 
   

   *secdownload.timeout*: how long in seconds is the secret valid. 
   

   *secdownload.uri-prefix*: prefix to url for download. 
   *secdownload.secret*: 

   *secdownload.secret *: Secret string that will be used for the checksum calculation. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSecDownload|mod_secure_download documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_setenv - set HTTP Environment module 

   

   *setenv.add-response-header*: adds a header to the HTTP response sent to the client. 
   

   *setenv.add-request-header*: adds a header to the HTTP request that was received from the client. 
   

   *setenv.add-environment*: adds a value to the process environment that is passed to the external applications. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSetEnv|mod_setenv documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_simple_vhost - simple virtual host module 

   

   *simple-vhost.document-root*: path below the vhost directory.  
    

   *simple-vhost.server-root*: root of the virtual host. 
   

   *simple-vhost.default-host*: use this hostname if the requested hostname does not have its own directory. 
   

   *simple-vhost.debug*: debug simple vhosts module. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSimpleVhost|mod_simple_vhost documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_ssi - server side includes module 

   

   *ssi.extension*: extension of files processed by mod_ssi. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSSI|mod_ssi documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_status - server status module 

   

   *status.config-url*: relative URL for the config page which displays the loaded modules. 
   

   *status.statistics-url*: relative URL for a plain-text page containing the internal statistics. 
   

   *status.enable-sort*: add JavaScript which allows client-side sorting for the connection overview. 
   

   *status.status-url*: relative URL which is used to retrieve the status-page. 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModStatus|mod_status documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_trigger_b4_dl - trigger before download module 

   

   *trigger-before-download.trigger-url*: url for trigger pages. 
   

   *trigger-before-download.trigger-timeout*: time for download link to live. 
   

   *trigger-before-download.download-url*: url for downloads.  
    

   *trigger-before-download.deny-url*: url to show when visitor denied a download. 
   

   *trigger-before-download.gdbm-filename*: path to gdm file. 
   

   *trigger-before-download.memcache-hosts*: hosts for the memcache.* functions. 
   

   *trigger-before-download.memcache-namespace*: (not used yet) 
   

   *trigger-before-download.debug*: 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModTriggerBeforeDownload|mod_trigger_b4_dl    documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_userdir - user directories 

   

   *userdir.basepath*: if set, don't check /etc/passwd for homedir. 
   

   *userdir.exclude-user*: list of usernames which may not use this feature. 
   

   *userdir.path*: usually it should be set to "public_html" to take ~/public_html/ as the document root. 
   

   *userdir.include-user*: if set, only users from this list may use the feature.  
    

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModUserDir|mod_userdir    documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_uploadprogress - upload progress module (version 1.5.0) 

    

    *upload-progress.progress-url*:  



  



 h2. Options for    mod_usertrack - user track module (cookies) 

   

   *usertrack.cookie-name*: 
   -usertrack.cookiename-: 

   ~~'_usertrack.cookiename_'~~: (deprecated) 
   

   *usertrack.cookie-domain*: 
   

   *usertrack.cookie-max-age*: 
   

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModUserTrack|mod_usertrack documentation]] 



 



 h2. Options for mod_webdav - WebDAV module 

   

   *webdav.activate*: enable/disable WebDAV. 
   

   *webdav.is-readonly*: enable/disable read only. 
   

   *webdav.sqlite-db-name*: pathname to SQLite database. 
   

   *webdav.log-xml*: Log the XML Request bodies for debugging.  
    

   [[lighttpd:Docs:ModWebDAV|mod_webdav documentation]]