Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI

From Alpine Linux

Basic Installation

For installing the additional packages first activate community packages and update the package index

Install the required packages:

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The php7-xmlrpc and php7-mcrypt packages are not available. Are they needed? (Discuss)

# apk add lighttpd php82 fcgi php82-cgi

Configure Lighttpd

Edit lighttpd.conf (/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf) and uncomment the line:

include "mod_fastcgi.conf"

Start lighttpd service and add it to default runlevel

# rc-service lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default