{"id":475,"date":"2017-08-13T03:16:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T02:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adienicholls.co.uk\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2024-04-30T03:17:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T02:17:09","slug":"install-lighttpd-with-php-and-a-custom-web-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.adienicholls.co.uk\/blog\/install-lighttpd-with-php-and-a-custom-web-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Lighttpd with PHP and a custom web page"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lighttpd<\/a> web server has been chosen for this project, you can use Apache or anything else you like that supports PHP, I found others a little heavy for this.<\/p>\n

As normal, ensure your system is up to date and cleanup any archived download packages using the below code;<\/p>\n

sudo apt-<\/span>get update && sudo apt-<\/span>get dist-<\/span>upgrade<\/code><\/p>\n

sudo apt-get clean<\/code><\/p>\n

Install Lighttpd<\/h2>\n

After running the update and cleanup from above, go for launch!<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install lighttpd<\/code><\/p>\n

Reboot the system to get all the services up and running together.<\/p>\n

sudo reboot now<\/code><\/p>\n

www-data Permissions<\/h2>\n

I think there is a miss conception concerning the folder permissions for this section,\u00a0 most instructions that I have come across say to add the pi<\/em> user to the www-data<\/em> group to allow modify access the the files.<\/p>\n

I think this is wrong as the Lighttp daemon runs in its own service with access to no writable files\/folders, apart from \\tmp. This is great for security, but if you add the pi<\/em> user to this group, you are then allowing write access to your web folder.<\/p>\n

Instead, the pi<\/em> user takes ownership of the www-data<\/em> folder and provides Lighttp with read and modify access to only the files it needs.<\/p>\n

sudo chown -R pi:www-data \/var\/www<\/pre>\n
sudo chmod u+rxw,g+rx-w,o-rwx \/var\/www<\/pre>\n
sudo chmod g+s \/var\/www<\/pre>\n
chmod documentation: https:\/\/ss64.com\/bash\/chmod.html<\/a><\/p>\n
Install PHP<\/h2>\n
Install php7.0 including it’s dependencies<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install php7.0-common php7.0-cgi php7.0<\/code><\/p>\n
To enable Lighttp with PHP FastCGI, use the below code;<\/p>\n
sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php<\/code><\/code><\/p>\n
Reload the service;<\/p>\n
sudo service lighttpd force-reload<\/code>
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
Testing time<\/h2>\n
From another device, using an internet browser, navigate to your Raspberry Pi’s address i.e. http:\/\/raspberrypi or the hostname updated in the install section<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n
If no page loads, check the logs Lighttp logs located at \/var\/log\/lighttpd\/error.log<\/p>\n
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