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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 Core Options

  • connection.kbytes-per-second: limit the throughput for each single connection to the given limit in kbyte/s. Details
  • etag.use-inode: Determines if inode-value is used in ETag generation Details
  • etag.use-mtime: Determines if mtime-value is used in ETag generation Details
  • etag.use-size: Determines if size-value is used in ETag generation Details
  • mimetype.assign: list of known mimetype mappings. Details
  • mimetype.use-xattr: try to use XFS-style extended attribute interface for retreiving the Content-Type. Details
  • server.bind: IP address, hostname or absolute path to the unix-domain socket. Details
  • server.chroot: root-directory of the server. Details
  • server.core-files: enable core files. Details
  • server.dir-listing: enable/disable dir listing. Details
  • server.document-root: document-root of the webserver. Details
  • server.error-handler-404: uri to call if the requested file results in a 404. Details
  • server.errorfile-prefix: path prefix for special status codes pages. Details
  • server.errorlog: pathname of the error-log. Details
  • server.errorlog-use-syslog: send errorlog to syslog. Details
  • server.event-handler: set the event handler. Details
  • server.follow-symlink: allow to follow-symlinks. Details
  • server.force-lowercase-filenames: enable force all filenames to lowercase.
  • server.groupname: groupname used to run the server. Details
  • server.kbytes-per-second: limit the throughput for all connections to the given limit in kbyte/s. Details
  • server.max-connections: maximum connections. Details
  • server.max-fds: maximum number of file descriptors. Details
  • server.max-keep-alive-idle: maximum number of seconds until a idling keep-alive connection is droped. Details
  • server.max-keep-alive-requests: maximum number of request within a keep-alive session. Details
  • server.max-read-idle: maximum number of seconds until a waiting, non keep-alive read times out and closes the connection. Details
  • server.max-request-size: maximum size in kbytes of the request. Details
  • server.max-worker: number of worker processes to spawn. Details
  • server.max-write-idle: maximum number of seconds until a waiting write call times out. Details
  • server.modules: modules to load. Details
  • server.name: name of the server/virtual server. Details
  • server.network-backend: basic network interface for all platforms at the syscalls read() and write() Details
  • server.pid-file: set the name and location of the .pid-file. Details
  • server.port: tcp-port to bind the server to.Details
  • server.protocol-http11: defines if HTTP/1.1 is allowed or not. Details
  • server.range-requests: defines if range requests are allowed or not. Details
  • server.stat-cache-engine: select stat() call caching. Details
  • server.tag: set the string returned by the server. Details
  • server.upload-dirs: path to upload directory. Details
  • server.use-ipv6: bind to the IPv6 socket.
  • server.username: username used to run the server. Details
  • 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.

SSL Options

  • ssl.engine: enable/disable ssl engine.
  • ssl.pemfile: path to the PEM file for SSL support. Details
  • ssl.ca-file: path to the CA file for support of chained certificates. Details

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.
    Debug Variable Information

mod_access

Access restrictions module - Options:

mod_accesslog

Access log files module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_accesslog documentation

mod_alias

Directory aliases module - Options:

mod_auth

Authentication module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_auth documentation

mod_cache

Web accelerating module - Options:

  • 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:
    mod_cache documentation

mod_cgi

Cgi module - Options:

mod_cml

Cache Meta Language module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_cml documentation

mod_compress

Compress output module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_compress documentation

mod_deflate

Dynamic compression module (Patch) - Options:

  • 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.allowed_encodings: allowed encodings
  • 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 documentation

mod_dirlisting

Directory listing module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_dirlisting documentation

mod_evasive

Evasive module - Options:

  • evasive.max-conns-per-ip: upper limit of number of connections per ip allowed.

mod_evhost

Enhanced virtual host module - Options:

mod_expire

Cached expiration module - Options:

mod_extforward

Extract the client's "real" IP from X-Forwarded-For header - Options:

mod_fastcgi

Fastcgi module - Options:

  • 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.
      mod_fastcgi documentation

mod_flv_streaming

flv streaming module - Options:

mod_indexfile

indexfile module - Options:

mod_mem_cache

Local file accelerating - Options:

  • 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)
    mod_mem_cache documentation

mod_mysql_vhost

Mysql virtual hosting module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_mysql_vhost documentation

mod_proxy

Proxy module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_proxy documentation

mod_redirect

Redirect module - Options:

mod_rewrite

Rewriting module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_rewrite documentation

mod_rrdtool

rrdtool module - Options:

mod_scgi

SCGI Module - Options:

  • 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.
      mod_scgi documentation

mod_secure_download

Secure and fast download module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_secure_download documentation

mod_setenv

Set HTTP Environment module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_setenv documentation

mod_simple_vhost

Simple virtual host module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_simple_vhost documentation

mod_ssi

Server side includes module - Options:

mod_status

Server status module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_status documentation

mod_trigger_b4_dl

Trigger before download module - Options:

  • 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:
    mod_trigger_b4_dl documentation

mod_userdir

User directories - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_userdir documentation

mod_uploadprogress

Upload progress module - Options:

  • upload-progress.progress-url:

mod_usertrack

User track module (cookies) - Options:

  • usertrack.cookie-name:
  • usertrack.cookiename-: (deprecated)
  • usertrack.cookie-domain:
  • usertrack.cookie-max-age:
    mod_usertrack documentation

mod_webdav

WebDAV module - Options:

  • 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.
    mod_webdav documentation

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