How to set up VirtualHosts in Lighttpd Server

VirtualHosting is an implementation of hosting multiple domains on a single server. It is able to utilize the maximum resources of the server and reduce consumption. Nowadays, most web servers support virtual hosting environments.

In our previous article, we covered Installing Lighttpd Server on CentOS/RHEL. This article will introduce about setting up VirtualHosts in Lighttpd server.

For example, we use the following domain name:

site1.php.cn

site2.php.cn

Step 1: Create server document Root directory

First create folders for both domains (if they do not exist)

# mkdir -p /sites/vhosts/site1.php.cn/www
# mkdir -p /sites/vhosts/site2.php.cn/www

For testing purposes, we create index.html files in both document roots

# echo "Welcome to Site1" > /sites/vhosts/site1.php.cn/www/index.html
# echo "Welcome to Site2" > /sites/vhosts/site2.php.cn/www/index.html

Step 2: Update the main configuration file

Now edit the main Lighttpd configuration file /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf and enable the file containing virtual hosts. Uncomment the following lines by removing the starting # symbol.

include_shell "cat /etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d/*.conf"

Step 3: Create VirtualHostConfiguration Files

Now start creating virtualhost configuration files for both domains or subdomains, starting with site1. php.cn created

# vim /etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d/site1.php.cn.conf

$HTTP["host"] == "site1.php.cn" {

        server.document-root = "/sites/vhosts/site1.php.cn/public"
        server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/site1.php.cn.error.log"
        accesslog.filename = "/var/log/lighttpd/site1.php.cn.access.log"
}

Now create configuration file for site2.php.cn

# vim /etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d/site2.php.cn.conf

$HTTP["host"] == "site2.php.cn" {
        server.document-root = "/sites/vhosts/site2.php.cn/public"
        server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/site2.php.cn.error.log"
        accesslog.filename = "/var/log/lighttpd/site2.php.cn.access.log"
}

Step 4: Verify configuration and restart lighttpd

First Verify the syntax of all configuration files, including the main configuration file

# lighttpd -t -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Syntax OK

If all syntax is found to be OK, let’s restart the service.

# service lighttpd restart

Once finished test your two domains in a browser and check that you are getting the correct content on the page you created in step 1.

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