1LIGHTTPD(8)                                                        LIGHTTPD(8)
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NAME

6       lighttpd - a fast, secure and flexible web server
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SYNOPSIS

9       lighttpd [-ptDvVh] -f configfile [-m moduledir]
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DESCRIPTION

12       lighttpd  (pronounced 'lighty') is an advanced HTTP daemon that aims to
13       be secure, fast, compliant and very flexible.  It  has  been  optimized
14       for high performance.  Its feature set includes, but is not limited to,
15       FastCGI, CGI, basic and digest HTTP authentication, output compression,
16       URL rewriting.
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18       This manual page only lists the command line arguments.  For details on
19       how to configure lighttpd and its modules see the  files  in  the  doc-
20       directory.
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OPTIONS

23       The following options are supported:
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25       -f  configfile
26               Load configuration file configfile.
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28       -m  moduledir
29               Use  moduledir  as the directory that contains modules, instead
30               of the default.
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32       -p      Print the parsed configuration file in its  internal  form  and
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35       -t      Test the configuration file for syntax errors and exit.
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37       -tt     Test  the  configuration  file for syntax errors, load and ini‐
38               tialize modules, and exit.
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40       -D      Do not daemonize (go into background). The default is to daemo‐
41               nize.
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43       -i  secs
44               Trigger daemon graceful shutdown after secs of inactivity.
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46       -1      Process single (one) request on stdin socket, then exit.
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48       -v      Show version and exit.
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50       -V      Show compile-time features and exit.
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52       -h      Show a brief help message and exit.
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FILES

55       /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
56               The standard location for the configuration file.
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58       /var/run/lighttpd.pid
59               The  standard  location  for  the  PID  of the running lighttpd
60               process.
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SEE ALSO

63       Online                   Documentation:                    https://red‐
64       mine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/
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66       spawn-fcgi(1)
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68       Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1, RFC 2616.
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70       HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication, RFC 2617.
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72       The Common Gateway Interface Version 1.1, RFC 3875.
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74       The FastCGI specification.
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AUTHOR

77       Jan Kneschke <jan@kneschke.de>
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81                                  2009-03-07                       LIGHTTPD(8)
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