Bug #1469
closedAlways get "default document-root has to be set" error
Description
I've got lighttpd-1.4.18 compiled --with-openssl
Running as root (just for testing) with this config:
$SERVERsocket == "127.0.0.1:443" {
ssl.engine = "enable"
ssl.pemfile = "/private/127.0.0.1.pem"
server.name = "127.0.0.1"
server.document-root = "/web"
}
always fails with the error:
a default document-root has to be set
setting default values failedI've tried changing the config in many ways, but the same error always appears.
There seems to be a total lack of useful debugging info. Running with -t gives
no useful info (no syntax errors). Running with -p is unhelpful (just the internally
parsed version of the config file).
I'd really appreciate any ideas on how to get this thing running.
Thanks.
Updated by Anonymous over 16 years ago
I've got lighttpd-1.4.18 compiled --with-openssl
Running as root (just for testing) with this config:
(how do you get brackets without links in this wikimarkup?)
'''$SERVER'''<nowiki>(open square bracket)'''"socket"'''(close square bracket)</nowiki> '''== "127.0.0.1:443" {'''
'''ssl.engine = "enable"'''
'''ssl.pemfile = "/private/127.0.0.1.pem"''''''server.name = "127.0.0.1"''''''server.document-root = "/web"'''
'''}'''always fails with the error:
a default document-root has to be setsetting default values failedI've tried changing the config in many ways, but the same error always appears.
There seems to be a total lack of useful debugging info. Running with -t gives
no useful info (no syntax errors). Running with -p is unhelpful (just the internally
parsed version of the config file).
I'd really appreciate any ideas on how to get this thing running.
Thanks.
Updated by darix over 16 years ago
- Status changed from New to Fixed
- Resolution set to invalid
server.port = 443 ssl.engine = "enable" ssl.pemfile = "/private/127.0.0.1.pem" server.name = "127.0.0.1" server.document-root = "/web"
this is a bug tracker not a support tool. the error message was correct as you did not configure a document root in the global scope, but to achieve a ssl only server see the config snippet above.
Updated by Anonymous over 16 years ago
- Status changed from Fixed to Need Feedback
- Resolution deleted (
invalid)
Ok, thanks for the tip. As I was using the "links" browser (without CSS), I didn't see the notice that this is not a support tracker. Sorry about that.
By the way, do you have a feature requests tracker too?
I'd like to log a suggestion that the error message when document root is set within local scope should be expanded to explain the cause in more detail, i.e. "have you set a document-root within the global scope (outside any SERVER sections)?"
Thanks.
Updated by admin over 16 years ago
This tracker accepts feature requests (type: enhancement).
Updated by stbuehler about 16 years ago
- Status changed from Need Feedback to Fixed
- Resolution set to invalid
There will be never a good enough documentation, but feel free to improve it.
I really think the error message is pretty clear if you understood how the config works, and i think that is the real problem as lightys config is a little bit unusual (i think i learned most things about the config while i was reading the source ;-) )
But still this is no bug itself.
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