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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. {{>toc}} h2. Lighttpd Core Options table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description |_. details | | connection.kbytes-per-second | limit the throughput for each single connection to the given limit in kbyte/s | [[lighttpd:Docs:TrafficShaping|Details]] | | 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]] | | index-file.names | list of files to search for if a directory is requested | [[index-file-names.Details|Details]] | | mimetype.assign | list of known mimetype mappings | [[mimetype.assignDetails|Details]] | | mimetype.use-xattr | try to use XFS-style extended attribute interface for retreiving the Content-Type | [[mimetype.use-xattrDetails|Details]] | | server.bind | IP address, hostname or absolute path to the unix-domain socket | [[server.bindDetails|Details]] | | server.chroot | root-directory of the server | [[server.chrootDetails|Details]] | | server.core-files | enable core files | | | 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.follow-symlink | allow to follow-symlinks | [[server.follow-symlinksDetails|Details]] | | server.force-lowercase-filenames | enable force all filenames to lowercase | | | server.groupname | groupname used to run the server | [[server.groupnameDetails|Details]] | | server.kbytes-per-second | limit the throughput for all connections to the given limit in kbyte/s | [[lighttpd:Docs:TrafficShaping|Details]] | | server.max-connections | maximum connections | [[server.max-connectionsDetails|Details]] | | server.max-fds | maximum number of file descriptors | [[server.max-fdsDetails|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-keep-alive-requests | maximum number of request within a keep-alive session | [[server.max-keep-alive-requestsDetails|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.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.max-write-idle | maximum number of seconds until a waiting write call times out | [[server.max-write-idleDetails|Details]] | | server.modules | modules to load | [[server.modulesDetails|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.pid-file | set the name and location of the .pid-file | [[server.pid-fileDetails|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.username | username used to run the server | [[server.usernameDetails|Details]] | | server.upload-dirs | path to upload directory | [[server.upload-dirsDetails|Details]] | | server.use-ipv6 | bind to the IPv6 socket | | | static-file.etags | Determines if ETags are generated or not | | | static-file.exclude-extensions | forbid access to the source of some types of files by extension | | h3. SSL Options table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description |_. details | | 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 * [[DebugVariables|Debug Variable Information]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | | debug.log-ssl-noise | log some ssl warnings we hide by default (ssl handshake, unknown/bad certificate) | h2. Options for mod_access - access restrictions module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModAccess|mod_access documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | url.access-deny | Denies access to all files with any of given trailing path names | h2. Options for mod_accesslog - access log files module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModAccessLog|mod_accesslog documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_alias - directory aliases module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModAlias|mod_alias documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | alias.url | rewrites the document-root for a URL-subset | h2. Options for mod_auth - authentication module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModAuth|mod_auth documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_cache - web accelerating module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModCache|mod_cache documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | |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 | | h2. Options for mod_cgi - cgi module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModCGI|mod_cgi documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | cgi.assign | assign cgi handler to an extension | h2. Options for mod_cml - Cache Meta Language module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModCML|mod_cml documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_compress - compress output module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModCompress|mod_compress documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_deflate - dynamic compression (1.5.0) module (Patch) * [[Mod_Deflate|mod_deflate documentation]] (patch available for 1.4.x) table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | deflate.enabled | enable/disable deflate support | | deflate.compression-level | level of compression | | deflate.mem-level | | | deflate.window-size | | | deflate.bzip2 | enable/disable bzip support | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_dirlisting - directory listing module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModDirlisting|mod_dirlisting documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_evasive - evasive (1.5.0) module (version 1.5.0) table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | evasive.max-conns-per-ip | upper limit of number of connections per ip allowed | h2. Options for mod_evhost - enhanced virtual host module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModEVhost|mod_evhost documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | evhost.path-pattern | pattern with wildcards to be replace to build a documentroot | h2. Options for mod_expire - cached expiration module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModExpire|mod_expire documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | expire.url | assignes a expiration to all files below the specified path | h2. Options for mod_extforward - use X-Forwarded-For * [[DocsModExtForward|mod_extforward documentation]] p((. extract the client's "real" IP from X-Forwarded-For header * [[DocsModExtForward|mod_extforward documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | extforward.forwarder | set trust level of proxy ip's | h2. Options for mod_fastcgi - fastcgi module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModFastCGI|mod_fastcgi documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | table{margin-left: 4em}. |_.fastcgi.server-option |_. description | | 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 | 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 | 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 * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModMemCache|mod_mem_cache documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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) | h2. Options for mod_mysql_vhost - Mysql virtual hosting module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModMySQLVhost|mod_mysql_vhost documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_proxy - proxy module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModProxy|mod_proxy documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | proxy.balance | select type of balancing algorithm (round-robin, hash, fair) | | proxy.debug | enable/disable proxy debug information | | proxy.server | where to send Proxy requests | table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.proxy.server-option |_. description | | host | ip of host to send requests | | port | listening port of host | h2. Options for mod_redirect - redirect module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModRedirect|mod_redirect documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | url.redirect | redirects a set of URLs externally | h2. Options for mod_rewrite - rewriting module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModRewrite|mod_rewrite documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_rrdtool - rrdtool module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModRRDTool|mod_rrdtool documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | rrdtool.db-name | filename of the rrd-database | | rrdtool.binary | path to the rrdtool binary | h2. Options for mod_scgi - SCGI Module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSCGI|mod_scgi documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | table{margin-left: 4em}. |_.scgi.server-option |_. description | | 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 | 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 | h2. Options for mod_secure_download - secure and fast download module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSecDownload|mod_secure_download documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | Secret string that will be used for the checksum calculation | h2. Options for mod_setenv - set HTTP Environment module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSetEnv|mod_setenv documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | setenv.add-response-header | adds a value to the process environment that is passed to the external applications | | setenv.add-request-header | adds a header to the HTTP response sent to the client | | setenv.add-environment | adds a value to the process environment that is passed to the external applications | h2. Options for mod_simple_vhost - simple virtual host module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSimpleVhost|mod_simple_vhost documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_ssi - server side includes module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModSSI|mod_ssi documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | ssi.extension | extension of files processed by mod_ssi | h2. Options for mod_status - server status module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModStatus|mod_status documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_trigger_b4_dl - trigger before download module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModTriggerBeforeDownload|mod_trigger_b4_dl documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | | h2. Options for mod_userdir - user directories * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModUserDir|mod_userdir documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 | h2. Options for mod_uploadprogress - upload progress (1.5.0) module (version 1.5.0) table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | upload-progress.progress-url | | h2. Options for mod_usertrack - user track module (cookies) * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModUserTrack|mod_usertrack documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | usertrack.cookie-name | | | ~~'_usertrack.cookiename_'~~ | (deprecated) | | usertrack.cookie-domain | | | usertrack.cookie-max-age | | h2. Options for mod_webdav - WebDAV module * [[lighttpd:Docs:ModWebDAV|mod_webdav documentation]] table{margin-left: 2em}. |_.option |_. description | | 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 |