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How-to setup Lighttpd and php

Files needed

  1. Lighttpd (recommended), Lighttpd with pcre or Lighttpd with pcre and ssl
  2. php4 (recommended), php5 or php3 with latest security updates from debian stable

Preparation

  1. Make following directory's:
    • /mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/ - directory binary (lighttpd, php and modules) files.
    • /mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/www/ - directory for files you wish to share.
  2. Extract Lighttpd and php archive to /mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/ directory.
  3. Optionaly you may want to setup php.ini. Default location for this file is /mnt/HD_a2/php.ini. You can get php.ini from php.net. Also look manual before editing.

Lighttpd configuration

Following configuration is meant for lighttpd/lighttpd-pcre and php4/php5

/mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf 

#Set path to folder that has files for website
server.document-root = "/mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/www/"

#Set port to run webserver on (not 80)
server.port = 8080

#Non-default modules needed for css redirect, authentication, server status
server.modules = (
  "mod_alias",
  "mod_auth",
  "mod_status",
  "mod_fastcgi"
  )

#Mimetype assignments
mimetype.assign             = ( 
  ".pdf"          =>      "application/pdf", 
  ".sig"          =>      "application/pgp-signature", 
  ".spl"          =>      "application/futuresplash", 
  ".class"        =>      "application/octet-stream", 
  ".ps"           =>      "application/postscript", 
  ".torrent"      =>      "application/x-bittorrent", 
  ".dvi"          =>      "application/x-dvi", 
  ".gz"           =>      "application/x-gzip", 
  ".pac"          =>      "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig", 
  ".swf"          =>      "application/x-shockwave-flash", 
  ".tar.gz"       =>      "application/x-tgz", 
  ".tgz"          =>      "application/x-tgz", 
  ".tar"          =>      "application/x-tar", 
  ".zip"          =>      "application/zip", 
  ".mp3"          =>      "audio/mpeg", 
  ".m3u"          =>      "audio/x-mpegurl", 
  ".wma"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wma", 
  ".wax"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wax", 
  ".ogg"          =>      "audio/x-wav", 
  ".wav"          =>      "audio/x-wav", 
  ".gif"          =>      "image/gif", 
  ".jpg"          =>      "image/jpeg", 
  ".jpeg"         =>      "image/jpeg", 
  ".png"          =>      "image/png", 
  ".bmp"	  =>	  "image/bmp",
  ".xbm"          =>      "image/x-xbitmap", 
  ".xpm"          =>      "image/x-xpixmap", 
  ".xwd"          =>      "image/x-xwindowdump", 
  ".css"          =>      "text/css", 
  ".html"         =>      "text/html", 
  ".htm"          =>      "text/html", 
  ".js"           =>      "text/javascript", 
  ".asc"          =>      "text/plain", 
  ".c"            =>      "text/plain", 
  ".conf"         =>      "text/plain", 
  ".text"         =>      "text/plain", 
  ".txt"          =>      "text/plain", 
  ".dtd"          =>      "text/xml", 
  ".xml"          =>      "text/xml", 
  ".mpeg"         =>      "video/mpeg", 
  ".mpg"          =>      "video/mpeg", 
  ".mov"          =>      "video/quicktime", 
  ".qt"           =>      "video/quicktime", 
  ".avi"          =>      "video/x-msvideo", 
  ".asf"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf", 
  ".asx"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf", 
  ".wmv"          =>      "video/x-ms-wmv", 
  ".bz2"          =>      "application/x-bzip", 
  ".tbz"          =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar", 
  ".tar.bz2"      =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar" 
 ) 

#File to load when path only provided, if not found file listing will display instead
index-file.names  = ( "index.htm", "index.html", "index.php", "default.htm" )
          
#Name and path to server error log
server.errorlog   = "/mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/lighttpd.error.log"

#Path to css folder
alias.url = ( "/css/" => "/mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/" )

#Enable directory listing and point to custom css file (supply dsm-g600 IP)
server.dir-listing          = "enable"
dir-listing.external-css    = "http://(your.ip.here)/css/lighttpd.css"

fastcgi.server = ( ".php" =>
  (( "host" => "127.0.0.1", 
     "port" => 1026,
     "bin-path" => "/mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/php",
     "min-procs" => 2,
     "max-procs" => 4,
     "max-load-per-proc" => 8,
     "idle-timeout" => 50,
     "broken-scriptfilename" => "enable"
  ))
)

#URL to server status page local access only (supply dsm-g600 subnet)
$HTTP["remoteip"] == "192.168.0.0/16" {
  status.status-url = "/server-status"
}

#Authentication configuration
#auth.debug                  = 0
#auth.backend                = "plain"
#auth.backend.plain.userfile = "/mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/lighttpd-plain.user"

# Set Restrictions:
#
# ( <left-part-of-the-url> =>
#   ( "method" => "digest"/"basic",
#     "realm" => <realm>,
#     "require" => "user=<username>|user=<username>|valid-user" )
# )
#
# <realm> is a string to display in the dialog presented to the user

#auth.require = ( "/downloads/" =>
#                 (
#                   "method"  => "digest",
#                   "realm"   => "DSM-G600 Downloads",
#                   "require" => "valid-user"
#                 )
#               )

Code for fun_plug

You need to enter following code to your fun_plug file if you wish to start webserver automatically at every time to boot up your DSM-G600. 

/mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/lighttpd -f /mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf -m /mnt/HD_a2/lighttpd

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