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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.
[[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*: 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]]
*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*: 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_proxy_core - proxy module for 1.5.x
*proxy-core.balancer
*proxy-core.protocol
*proxy-core.backends
*proxy-core.max-pool-size
*proxy-core.allow-x-sendfile
*proxy-core.allow-x-rewrite
*proxy-core.rewrite-request
*proxy-core.rewrite-response
*proxy-core.max-keep-alive-requests
*proxy-core.split-hostnames
[[lighttpd:Docs:ModProxyCore|mod_proxy_core documentation]]
[[http://redmine.lighttpd.net/wiki/lighttpd/Docs:ModProxyCore]]
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*: 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*: 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-: (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]]