Lighttpd

It is now 5am and I have been up overnight.

I have been trying to make lighttpd log CGI output.

I have a simple, test CGI, which is logging to stderr, and I am watching "breakage.log".

If I call the CGI with a GET, it works.

If I call it with a POST, it does not work.

However, access.log has been showing 200 OK for all accesses.

I have - after five hours - finally determined the CGI is not being called when I use POST.

I have then having Googled found out lighttpd always returns 200 OK for a CGI - even if the CGI fails, even if it is not even being called.

This is misleading, because it does not meet with reasonable developer expectation; that the log should not show a 200 OK when the file could not be found. I have not slept tonight because of it.

I think decisions should have conseqeuencs, so I will now be moving on to nginx.