LIGHTTPD(8)                                                        LIGHTTPD(8)

NAME
       lighttpd - a fast, secure and flexible web server

SYNOPSIS
       lighttpd [-ptDvVh] -f configfile [-m moduledir]

DESCRIPTION
       lighttpd (pronounced 'lighty') is an advanced HTTP daemon that aims to
       be secure, fast, compliant and very flexible.  It has been optimized
       for high performance.  Its feature set includes, but is not limited to,
       FastCGI, CGI, basic and digest HTTP authentication, output compression,
       URL rewriting.

       This manual page only lists the command line arguments.  For details on
       how to configure lighttpd and its modules see the files in the doc-
       directory.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -f  configfile
               Load configuration file configfile.

       -m  moduledir
               Use moduledir as the directory that contains modules, instead
               of the default.

       -p      Print the parsed configuration file in its internal form and
               exit.

       -t      Test the configuration file for syntax errors and exit.

       -tt     Test the configuration file for syntax errors, load and
               initialize modules, and exit.

       -D      Do not daemonize (go into background). The default is to
               daemonize.

       -i  secs
               Trigger daemon graceful shutdown after secs of inactivity.

       -1      Process single (one) request on stdin socket, then exit.

       -v      Show version and exit.

       -V      Show compile-time features and exit.

       -h      Show a brief help message and exit.

FILES
       /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
               The standard location for the configuration file.

       /run/lighttpd.pid
               The standard location for the PID of the running lighttpd
               process.

SEE ALSO
       Online Documentation:
       https://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/

       spawn-fcgi(1)

       Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1, RFC 2616.

       HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication, RFC 2617.

       The Common Gateway Interface Version 1.1, RFC 3875.

       The FastCGI specification.

AUTHOR
       Jan Kneschke <jan@kneschke.de>

                                  2009-03-07                       LIGHTTPD(8)