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How to install Lighttp on a Rasberry Pi

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Lighttpd - Installation and Setup for Raspberry Pi

Installation

sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install lighttpd

Permissions

Make the www-data user (and group) the owner of /var/www

sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www

Change permissions on /var/www

sudo chmod 775 /var/www

Add pi user to the www-data group

sudo usermod -a -G www-data pi

Operations

Restart Server

sudo service lighttpd force-reload

References

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