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Lighttpd PHP FastCGI Configuration

Lighttpd is a web server and load balancer optimized for speed-critical environments products while remaining standards-compliant, secure and flexible. It is used by many high-traffic websites, including Youtube. Lighttpd supports dynamic HTTP content such as PHP scripts using the FastCGI interface.

Core Features:

Base distribution: TurnKey 12.1 based on Debian 6.0.7 (Squeeze), TurnKey 13 based on Debian 7.1 (Wheezy)
Smart backups (TKLBAM): automated backup and restore, with system migration capabilities
Secure and easy to maintain: auto-updated daily with latest security patches
Dynamic DNS (hubdns): associates your IP with a custom domain or the free *.tklapp.com domain
Logical Volume Management (LVM): instead of installing to a fixed size partition, a Logical Volume is first created by default, and this may later be expanded, even across multiple physical devices
AJAX web shell (shellinabox) - secure command line access from any web browser
Web management interface (Webmin)
- Listens on port 12321 (uses SSL)
- Mac OS X themed
- Network modules
  - Firewall configuration (with example configuration)
  - Network configuration
- System modules
  - Backup and migration (TKLBAM)
  - Configure time, date and timezone
  - Configure users and groups
  - Manage software packages
  - Change passwords
  - System logs
- Tool modules
  - Text editor
  - Shell commands
  - Simple file upload/download
  - File manager (needs support for Java in browser)
  - Custom commands
- Hardware modules
  - Partitions on local disks
  - Logical volume management
Simple configuration console (confconsole)
- Displays basic usage information
- Configure networking
First boot initialization
- Prompt user for passwords
- Regenerates SSL and SSH cryptographic keys
- Installs latest security updates, unless user chooses to defer this for later
- Uses GeoIP to automatically configure closest APT package archive for maximum network performance
Command line power tools
- Smart, programmable bash shell completion: helps you get more done with fewer keystrokes.
- Support for $HOME/.bashrc.d shell hooks
- Persistent environment variables (see $HOME/.bashrc.d/penv):

penv-set pydoc /usr/share/doc/python2.6/html
exit

# later...
cd $pydoc

Automatic time synchronization with NTP

Distribution Features:

Lighttpd configurations:
- Lighttpd configured with FastCGI PHP support.
- All components installed and maintaiend through the package management system.
TurnKey Web Control panel with links to useful references and resources.
SSL support out of the box
PHPMyAdmin administration frontend for MySQL (listening on port 12322 - uses SSL)
Postfix MTA (bound to localhost) to allow sending of email (e.g., password recovery)
Webmin modules for configuring PHP, MySQL and Postfix.