Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI

Basic Installation

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

Install the required packages:

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# apk add lighttpd php82 fcgi php82-cgi

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

include "mod_fastcgi.conf"

Edit mod_fastcgi.conf (/etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf), find and change /usr/bin/php-cgi to /usr/bin/php-cgi82

"bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi82" # php-cgi

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