server.event-handler¶

Sets the event handler.

Default: select the most advanced event handler supported by lighttpd that is available on the system
On Linux: epoll
On *BSD: kqueue

Available event handlers:¶

Notes¶

• libev requires lighty to be compiled --with-libev (available since 1.4.27) but libev is no longer recommended. Prefer the native event handlers supported by lighttpd (e.g. on Linux: epoll, on *BSD: kqueue)

Example¶

server.event-handler = "kqueue"

See Also¶

• Performance and event handlers