In this tutorial I will show you how to install Lighttpd with PHP5 and MqSQL on CentOS 5.2.
What is Lighttpd?
Lighttpd is a webserver designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical environments. This post shows how to install it with PHP5 and MySQL support on Centos 5.2.
Step 1: Install MySQL
[root@server ~]# yum -y install mysql mysql-server
Step 2: Create the system startup links for MySQL
[root@server ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on [root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start
Step 3: Create Password for the MySQL root User
[root@server ~]# mysqladmin -u root password server123
Step 4: Check if MySQL Networking is enabled
[root@server ~]# netstat -tap | grep mysql
Step 5: Set a MySQL password for your hostname
[root@server ~]# mysqladmin -h localhost -u root password server123
Step 6: Installing Lighttpd
[root@server ~]# rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm [root@server ~]# yum -y install lighttpd
Step 7: Create the system startup links for Lighttpd
[root@server ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 lighttpd on [root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/lighttpd start
Step 8: Check service lighttpd
[root@server ~]# netstat -tap | grep lighttpd
Step 9: Install PHP 5
[root@server ~]# yum install lighttpd-fastcgi php-cli
Step 10: Add the line cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1 right at the end of the file /etc/php.ini
[root@server ~]# nano /etc/php.ini
cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
Step 11: Uncomment “mod_fastcgi” in the file /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
[root@server ~]# nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
server.modules = ( # "mod_rewrite", # "mod_redirect", # "mod_alias", "mod_access", # "mod_cml", # "mod_trigger_b4_dl", # "mod_auth", # "mod_status", # "mod_setenv", "mod_fastcgi", # "mod_proxy", # "mod_simple_vhost", # "mod_evhost", # "mod_userdir", # "mod_cgi", # "mod_compress", # "mod_ssi", # "mod_usertrack", # "mod_expire", # "mod_secdownload", # "mod_rrdtool", "mod_accesslog" )
And then uncomment these few lines:
#### fastcgi module ## read fastcgi.txt for more info fastcgi.server = ( ".php" => ( "localhost" => ( "socket" => "/tmp/php-fastcgi.socket", "bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi" ) ) )
Finally Step 12: Restart service lighttpd
[root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
Step 13: Testing PHP 5
[root@server ~]# nano /srv/www/lighttpd/info.php
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Step 14: Now check in browser http://localhost/info.php
Step 15: Getting MySQL in PHP5
[root@server ~]# yum -y install php-mysql php-gd php-imap php-ldap php-odbc php-pear php-xml php-xmlrpc
Step 16. Restart service lighttpd
[root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart and check using http://localhost/info.php.
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