Lighttpd PHP fastcgi configuration

Install lighttpd

# yum install lighttpd
# yum install lighttpd-fastcgi

Make sure php support fastcgi

$ php-cgi -v

PHP 5.0.4 (cgi-fcgi) (built: Nov  8 2005 08:25:54)
Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.0.4-dev, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies

Open lighttpd configuration file:

# vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

server.modules              = (
            "mod_access",
            "mod_accesslog",
            "mod_fastcgi",
            "mod_rewrite",
            "mod_auth"
)

Add the following lines:

fastcgi.server = ( ".php" => ((
                     "bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi",
                     "socket" => "/tmp/php.socket"
                 )))

Restart the lighttpd server

# /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart