Lighttpd

= How to Support Configuration per Virtual Host =

1. Use mod_simple_vhost to set up your virtual hosts in subdirectories, e.g. `/www/servers/www.mydomain.com/` etc.

2. Add an `include_shell` option to the end of your config file:

{{{
include_shell "/www/config_servers"
}}}

3. Create the file `/www/config_servers` with the following contents, and make sure it is readable (and executable?) by the lighttpd server:

{{{
#!/bin/bash

for VHOST in `find -X /www/servers \( -type d -or -type l \) -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -user www -group www -exec test -e "{}/server.conf" \; -exec basename "{}" \; 2>/dev/null` ; do {
echo "\$HTTP[\"host\"] == \"$VHOST\" {"
echo "var.vhost_name = \"$VHOST\""
echo "var.vhost_path = \"/www/servers/$VHOST\""
cat "/www/servers/$VHOST/server.conf"
echo "}"
} ; done
}}}

Then for each virtual host, just create a `server.conf` file containing the options that should pertain to that host; the `config_servers` script will wrap them in a condition matching the hostname, and set two variables:

• `vhost_name` : the virtual host name, e.g. "www.mydomain.com"
• `vhost_path` : the path to the virtual host directory, e.g. "/www/servers/www.mydomain.com"