Lighttpd is an open-source web server for Linux machines, very fast and very small in size, it doesn’t require a lot of memory and CPU usage which makes it one of the best servers for any project that needs speed in deploying web pages.

Lighttpd Features

1. Support for FastCGI, SCGI, CGI interfaces.
2. Support for using chroot.
3. Support for mod_rewrite.
4. Support for TLS/SSL using OpenSSL.
5. A Very small size: 1MB.
6. Low CPU and RAM usage.
7. Licensed under the BSD license.

This article explains how to install Lighttpd, MariaDB, PHP with PhpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 20.04.

Step 1: Installing Lighttpd on Ubuntu

Fortunately, Lighttpd is available to install from the official Ubuntu repositories, So if you want to install Lighttpd, you only have to run the following command.

$ sudo apt install lighttpd

Install Lighttpd in Ubuntu

Once, Lighttpd installed, you can go to your website or IP address and you will see this page which confirms the installation of Lighttpd on your machine.

Check Lighttpd in Ubuntu

Before, heading up for further installation, I would like to tell you that the following are the important things about Lighttpd you should know before continuing.

1. /var/www/html – is the default root folder for Lighttpd.
2. /etc/lighttpd/ – is the default folder for Lighttpd configuration files.

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