Lighttpd not working

smartboyathome · 2009-03-06 01:56:48

I followed the directions as stated here to get lighttpd working, but it doesn't seem to want to work. I made a basic html file and placed it in /srv/http/ to get it to show a page. When try to access both localhost and 127.0.0.1, and they come up with failed to connect message.

Another interesting tidbit: /etc/rc.d/lighttpd start seems to work, but when I try to run /etc/rc.d/lighttpd stop, it fails, and when I run /etc/rc.d/lighttpd restart, it says it can't stop it and just starts another copy of lighttpd. When I check htop for lighttpd, it isn't there. I even tried running the command manually and it says it works. Please help, I need to setup a local server for my parents.

cactus · 2009-03-06 02:44:51

check your logs. my bet is lighttpd isn't starting, due to a configuration error.
you try to start it, and i bet it is logging something, then killing itself off (since it couldn't parse the config file).

check /var/log/lighttpd* or whatever file it logs to.

smartboyathome · 2009-03-06 05:16:05

Thanks. I had configured the fastcgi stuff incorrectly (I thought I followed the wiki, oh well).

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#1 2009-03-06 01:56:48

Lighttpd not working

#2 2009-03-06 02:44:51

Re: Lighttpd not working

#3 2009-03-06 05:16:05

Re: Lighttpd not working

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