Lighttpd

Lighttpd on FreeBSD

(If you don't want PHP skip step 2)

=== Step 1. Verify ports installation ===

You should have a recent ports tree installed on your system. If you have not updated your ports tree recently, please do so before continuing. If you do not have a ports tree installed, you can use the portsnap utility to install or update it. I find this to be an extreemly quick way (under 15 minutes on a decent broadband connection) to install the full ports tree. And you don't even have to worry about cvsup or setting up configuration files.

Download most recent ports snapshot: {{{
$ sudo portsnap fetch
or

1. portsnap fetch
   }}}
   Example output: {{{
   Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found.
   Fetching public key from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done.
   Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done.
   Fetching snapshot metadata... done.
   Fetching snapshot generated at Fri Mar 16 19:19:25 CDT 2007:
   dbc38dfcfd2f738fc6ffa7c9d6b1b583982a39c19db371 32% of 46 MB 212 kBps 02m33s
   (... download continues ...)
   dbc38dfcfd2f738fc6ffa7c9d6b1b583982a39c19db371100% of 46 MB 202 kBps 00m00s
   Extracting snapshot... done.
   Verifying snapshot integrity... done.
   Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done.
   Fetching snapshot metadata... done.
   Updating from Fri Mar 16 19:19:25 CDT 2007 to Sat Mar 17 04:02:50 CDT 2007.
   Fetching 3 metadata patches.. done.
   Applying metadata patches... done.
   Fetching 0 metadata files... done.
   Fetching 19 patches.....10.... done.
   Applying patches... done.
   Fetching 4 new ports or files... done.*
   }}}
   Extract snapshot: {{{
   $ sudo portsnap extract
   or # portsnap extract
   }}}
   Example output: {{{
   (... a lot of directories ...)
   /usr/ports/x11/xsnow/
   /usr/ports/x11/xstarroll/
   /usr/ports/x11/xstroke/
   /usr/ports/x11/xtacy/
   /usr/ports/x11/xtattr/
   /usr/ports/x11/xterm/
   /usr/ports/x11/xtermcontrol/
   /usr/ports/x11/xtermset/
   /usr/ports/x11/xtestpicture/
   /usr/ports/x11/xtoolwait/
   /usr/ports/x11/xtrlock/
   /usr/ports/x11/xtset/
   /usr/ports/x11/xvattr/
   /usr/ports/x11/xvkbd/
   /usr/ports/x11/xwatchwin/
   /usr/ports/x11/xwit/
   /usr/ports/x11/xxkb/
   /usr/ports/x11/xzoom/
   /usr/ports/x11/yakuake/
   /usr/ports/x11/yalias/
   /usr/ports/x11/yelp/
   /usr/ports/x11/zenity/
   Building new INDEX files... done.
   }}} === Step 2. Install PHP 5 === {{{
   cd /usr/ports/lang/php5

$ sudo make config
or

1. make config
   }}}
   Verify that CGI and FastCGI are checked (default), and you want to enable REDIRECT as well. Choose ok. (Perhaps discard-path support as well?)

Now to compile and install it: {{{
$ sudo make install clean
or

1. make install clean
   }}} === Step 3. Install lighttpd === {{{
   cd /usr/ports/www/lighttpd

$ sudo make config
or

1. make config
   }}}
   Verify whatever options you want for your installation of lighttpd.

Now to compile and install it: {{{
$ sudo make install clean
or

1. make install clean
   }}} === Step 4. Post install configuration ===

Refer to ["TutorialLighttpdAndPHP"] for more fun.