// A method for installing LightTPD, PHP, MySQL on FreeBSD
// All source is stored in /usr/local/src
// Source tarballs are in /usr/local/src/tarballs
// Note this works pretty much the same on Mac OS X
// and I've done it on Ubuntu 6.06

# Have to do this via my Mac because of all the mirror servers
# I use scp to copy from Mac to FreeBSD box
# Downloaded into /usr/local/src/taballs:
- php-5.2.0.tar.bz2 from http://www.php.net/downloads.php
- mysql-5.0.27.tar.gz from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#downloads

# On FreeBSD box
cd /usr/local/src
cd tarballs
fetch http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/lighttpd/lighttpd-1.4.13.tar.gz
cd ..
tar xzvf tarballs/php-5.2.0.tar.bz2
tar zxvf tarballs/mysql-5.0.27.tar.gz
tar zxvf tarballs/lighttpd-1.4.13.tar.gz

MySQL first
=======================================================
# Shut down MySQL:
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown
cd mysql-5.0.27
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql \
            --localstatedir=/usr/local/mysql/data \
            --enable-assembler \
            --with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static CFLAGS="-O3" CXX=gcc CXXFLAGS="-O3 \
            -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti"

# Change to root
su

# I like to run the process in the background (&),
# redirect the output to a log file,
# and tail -f the log file.

# Make it:
make > ~/mysql_make.log &
# Watch the make:
tail -f ~/mysql_make.log

# Install it:
make install > ~/mysql_install.log &
# Watch the install:
tail -f ~/mysql_install.log

PHP as a CGI:
=====================================================================
cd /usr/local/src/php-5.2.0

# Make sure curl is where we think it is
locate curl | grep include

# Configure it
./configure --with-xml --with-zlib --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \
            --with-mysqli=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config \
            --with-curl=/usr/local/include \
            --enable-cgi --enable-fastcgi \
            --enable-force-redirect \
            > ~/phpconfig.log &
tail -f ~/phpconfig.log

# Edit the Makefile to eliminate duplicates in the EXTRA_LIBS line
pico Makefile
# New: EXTRA_LIBS = -lcrypt -lmysqlclient -liconv -lcurl -lz -lm -lxml2 -lssl -lcrypto

# Make it
make > ~/php_make.log &
tail -f ~/php_make.log

# Install it
make install > ~/php_install.log &
tail -f ~/php_install.log

LightTPD:
=================================================================
# Check requirements
locate libpcre
locate libz

# If those aren't there, find them in ports and install

cd /usr/local/src/lighttpd-1.4.11
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-pcre=/usr/local

# Make it
make > ~/lighttpd_make.log &
tail -f ~/lighttpd_make.log

# Install it
make install > ~/lighttpd_install.log &
tail -f ~/lighttpd_install.log

# Start MySQL
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql.server.sh start
@HOSTNAME@: not found
@HOSTNAME@: not found
Starting MySQL. SUCCESS!

# Check MySQL version
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -v
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin  Ver 8.41 Distrib 5.0.27, for unknown-freebsd6.0 on i386

# Add mysql to the path for root.
cd
pico .cshrc
 set path = (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin $HOME/bin)
     becomes
 set path = (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin $HOME/bin /usr/local/mysql/bin)

# Use the lighttpd.conf file I have posted separately
# Requires use of /var/log/lighttpd log directory
mkdir /var/log/lighttpd
chmod 777 /var/log/lighttpd

# Test the server?
lighttpd -f /usr/local/etc/lighttpd.conf
ps ax | grep light
59463  ??  S      0:00.02 lighttpd -f /usr/local/etc/lighttpd.conf
59537  p0  R+     0:00.00 grep light

# To shut off the server
# pid file is in /var/run/lighttpd.pid

// description of your code here
// Sample lighttpd.conf file for Mac OS X
// Look at the FastCGI and Virtual Host sections
// Substitute your username for "username"

# Mac OS X lighttpd configuration file

############ Options you really have to take care of ####################

## modules to load
# mod_access, mod_accesslog and mod_alias are loaded by default
# all other module should only be loaded if neccesary
# - saves some time
# - saves memory

server.modules = ( 
           "mod_access",
           "mod_alias",
           "mod_accesslog",
           "mod_fastcgi",
           "mod_proxy",
           "mod_rewrite", 
#           "mod_redirect", 
#           "mod_status", 
           "mod_evhost",
#           "mod_compress",
#           "mod_usertrack",
#           "mod_rrdtool",
#           "mod_webdav",
#           "mod_expire",
#           "mod_flv_streaming",
#           "mod_evasive"
)

# fastcgi per LightTPD docs
fastcgi.server = ( ".php" =>
   (( "socket" => "/tmp/php-fastcgi.socket",
      "bin-path" => "/usr/local/bin/php",
      "bin-environment" => ( 
        "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "16",
        "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "10000" ),
      "bin-copy-environment" => (
        "PATH", "SHELL", "USER" ),
      "broken-scriptfilename" => "enable"
   )),
     ".html" =>
   (( "socket" => "/tmp/php-fastcgi.socket",
      "bin-path" => "/usr/local/bin/php",
      "bin-environment" => (
        "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "16",
        "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "10000" ),
      "bin-copy-environment" => (
        "PATH", "SHELL", "USER" ),
      "broken-scriptfilename" => "enable"
   ))

 )

## a static document-root, for virtual-hosting take look at the 
## server.virtual-* options
#server.document-root       = "/var/www/"
server.document-root     = "/Users/username/Sites"

## where to send error-messages to
server.errorlog            = "/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"

## files to check for if .../ is requested
index-file.names           = ( "index.php", "index.html", 
                               "index.htm", "default.htm" )

## Virtual host

$HTTP["host"] == "site1" {
  server.document-root = "/Users/username/Sites/site1"
  alias.url = ( "/css/" => "/Users/username/Sites/site1/css/",
                "/js/" => "/Users/username/Sites/site1/js/" ,
                "/images/" => "/Users/username/Sites/site1/images/" )
  server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/site1/error.log"
  accesslog.filename = "/var/log/lighttpd/site1/access.log"
}

$HTTP["host"] == "site2" {
  server.document-root = "/Users/username/Sites/site2"
  alias.url = ( "/css/" => "/Users/username/Sites/site2/css/",
                "/js/" => "/Users/username/Sites/site2/js/" ,
                "/images/" => "/Users/username/Sites/site2/images/" )
  server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/site2/error.log"
  accesslog.filename = "/var/log/lighttpd/site2/access.log"
}

## Use the "Content-Type" extended attribute to obtain mime type if possible
#mimetype.use-xattr = "enable"
#mimetype.use-xattr = "disable"

##
## mimetype mapping
##
mimetype.assign  = (
".pdf"          =>      "application/pdf",
".sig"          =>      "application/pgp-signature",
".spl"          =>      "application/futuresplash",
".class"        =>      "application/octet-stream",
".ps"           =>      "application/postscript",
".torrent"      =>      "application/x-bittorrent",
".dvi"          =>      "application/x-dvi",
".gz"           =>      "application/x-gzip",
".pac"          =>      "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
".swf"          =>      "application/x-shockwave-flash",
".tar.gz"       =>      "application/x-tgz",
".tgz"          =>      "application/x-tgz",
".tar"          =>      "application/x-tar",
".zip"          =>      "application/zip",
".mp3"          =>      "audio/mpeg",
".m3u"          =>      "audio/x-mpegurl",
".wma"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wma",
".wax"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wax",
".ogg"          =>      "application/ogg",
".wav"          =>      "audio/x-wav",
".gif"          =>      "image/gif",
".jpg"          =>      "image/jpeg",
".jpeg"         =>      "image/jpeg",
".png"          =>      "image/png",
".xbm"          =>      "image/x-xbitmap",
".xpm"          =>      "image/x-xpixmap",
".xwd"          =>      "image/x-xwindowdump",
".css"          =>      "text/css",
".html"         =>      "text/html",
".htm"          =>      "text/html",
".js"           =>      "text/javascript",
".asc"          =>      "text/plain",
".c"            =>      "text/plain",
".cpp"          =>      "text/plain",
".log"          =>      "text/plain",
".conf"         =>      "text/plain",
".text"         =>      "text/plain",
".txt"          =>      "text/plain",
".spec"         =>      "text/plain",
".dtd"          =>      "text/xml",
".xml"          =>      "text/xml",
".mpeg"         =>      "video/mpeg",
".mpg"          =>      "video/mpeg",
".mov"          =>      "video/quicktime",
".qt"           =>      "video/quicktime",
".avi"          =>      "video/x-msvideo",
".asf"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf",
".asx"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf",
".wmv"          =>      "video/x-ms-wmv",
".bz2"          =>      "application/x-bzip",
".tbz"          =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar",
".tar.bz2"      =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar",
# make the default mime type application/octet-stream.
#""              =>      "application/octet-stream",
)

#### accesslog module
accesslog.filename         = "/var/log/lighttpd/access.log"

## deny access the file-extensions
#
# ~    is for backupfiles from vi, emacs, joe, ...
# .inc is often used for code includes which should in general not be part
#      of the document-root
url.access-deny            = ( "~", ".inc" )

######### Options that are good to be but not neccesary to be changed #######

## bind to port (default: 80)
#server.port               = 81

## bind to localhost only (default: all interfaces)
#server.bind                = "localhost"

## error-handler for status 404
#server.error-handler-404  = "/error-handler.html"
#server.error-handler-404  = "/error-handler.php"

## to help the rc.scripts
server.pid-file            = "/var/run/lighttpd.pid"

## 
## Format: .html
## -> ..../status-404.html for 'File not found'
#server.errorfile-prefix    = "/var/www/"

## virtual directory listings
dir-listing.encoding        = "utf-8"
server.dir-listing          = "enable"

## send unhandled HTTP-header headers to error-log
#debug.dump-unknown-headers  = "enable"

### only root can use these options
#
# chroot() to directory (default: no chroot() )
#server.chroot            = "/"

## change uid to  (default: don't care)
#server.username            = "www-data"

## change uid to  (default: don't care)
#server.groupname           = "www-data"

#### compress module
#compress.cache-dir          = "/var/tmp/lighttpd/cache/compress/"
#compress.filetype           = ("text/plain", "text/html")

#### status module
# status.status-url = "/server-status"
# status.config-url = "/server-config"

#### url handling modules (rewrite, redirect, access)
# url.rewrite                 = ( "^/$"             => "/server-status" )
# url.redirect                = ( "^/wishlist/(.+)" => "http://www.123.org/$1" )

#
# define a pattern for the host url finding
# %% => % sign
# %0 => domain name + tld
# %1 => tld
# %2 => domain name without tld
# %3 => subdomain 1 name
# %4 => subdomain 2 name
#
# evhost.path-pattern = "/home/storage/dev/www/%3/htdocs/"

#### expire module
# expire.url = ( "/buggy/" => "access 2 hours", "/asdhas/" => "access plus 1 seconds 2 minutes")

#### rrdtool
# rrdtool.binary = "/usr/bin/rrdtool"
# rrdtool.db-name = "/var/www/lighttpd.rrd"

## this is a hack
alias.url = ("___invalid___" => "___invalid___")

#### handle Debian Policy Manual, Section 11.5. urls
#### and by default allow them only from localhost

$HTTP["host"] == "localhost" {
        global {
                alias.url += ( 
                        "/doc/" => "/usr/share/doc/",
                        "/images/" => "/usr/share/images/"
                )
        }
        dir-listing.activate = "enable"
}

#### variable usage:
## variable name without "." is auto prefixed by "var." and becomes "var.bar"
#bar = 1
#var.mystring = "foo"

## integer add
#bar += 1
## string concat, with integer cast as string, result: "www.foo1.com"
#server.name = "www." + mystring + var.bar + ".com"
## array merge
#index-file.names = (foo + ".php") + index-file.names
#index-file.names += (foo + ".php")


#### external configuration files
## mimetype mapping
#include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/create-mime.assign.pl"

## load enabled configuration files, 
## read /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/README first
#include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/include-conf-enabled.pl"

Creates directories and gets the various files for you.

#!/bin/sh
# Setup Lighttpd
#
# Copyright (c) 2006 Jacques Marneweck
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
# the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
# OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
# IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
# CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
# TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
# SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
#
# $Id: setup-lighttpd 21 2006-11-24 21:06:17Z jacques $

/bin/mkdir ~/var/
/bin/mkdir ~/var/log/
/bin/mkdir ~/var/run/
/bin/mkdir ~/etc/rc.d/
/bin/mkdir ~/etc/lighttpd/
/bin/mkdir ~/etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d/

cd ~/etc/lighttpd/
/usr/local/bin/curl -o lighttpd.conf "http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=file&from=2&id=77"
cd ~/etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d/
/usr/local/bin/curl -o APPNAME.conf "http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=file&from=2&id=82"
cd ~/etc/rc.d/
/usr/local/bin/curl -o lighttpd.sh "http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=file&from=2&id=79"
/usr/local/bin/curl -o rails.sh "http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=file&from=2&id=80"

/bin/chmod 755 lighttpd.sh
/bin/chmod 755 rails.sh

touch ~/var/log/lighttpd.access.log
touch ~/var/log/lighttpd.error.log

Rewrites test.example.com/example/path/ to example.com/test/example/path/

This example show the values being passed to FCGI for use by Django.

$HTTP["host"] =~ "([^.]+)\.example\.com" {
  server.document-root = "/users/home/username/domains/example.com/web/public"
  server.errorlog = "/users/home/username/var/log/lighttpd.example_com.error.log" 
  accesslog.filename = "/users/home/username/var/log/lighttpd.example_com.access.log" 

  fastcgi.server = (
    "/main.fcgi" => (
      "main" => (
        "socket" => "/users/home/username/tmp/django/example_com.socket"
      )
    )
  )

  url.rewrite-once = ( "^(/.*)$" => "/main.fcgi/%1/$1" )
  server.error-handler-404 = "/main.fcgi" 
}

Redirect everyone but Feedburners spider to your feed.

  $HTTP["useragent"] !~ "FeedBurner" {
    url.redirect = (
      "/atom.xml" => "http://feeds.feedburner.com/example",
      "/rss.xml" => "http://feeds.feedburner.com/example",
      "/index.xml" => "http://feeds.feedburner.com/example",
     )
  }

$HTTP["url"] =~ "/\.svn/" {
    url.access-deny = ( "" )
}

url.rewrite = ( "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "$1.html" )

install darwinports package

Add 'export PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH' to ~/.bashrc

sudo port -d selfupdate

sudo port install ruby

sudo port install rb-rubygems

sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies

sudo port install readline

sudo port install lighttpd

vi /opt/local/etc/lighttpd.conf [edit lighttpd.conf to your liking]

set up launchd item for lighttpd
        -- restart lighttpd: sudo launchctl stop net.lighttpd
                             sudo launchctl start net.lighttpd

sudo port install fcgi

sudo port install rb-fcgi
         
install official OS X MySQL package (not darwinports)

sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql

Links:
darwinports package
launchd item
OS X MySQL package

If you had to remove the line Rails needs for caching inorder to get Mint to work, heres the fix.

url.rewrite = ( "/mint/?(.*)$" => "/mint/index.php?$1", "/mint/$" => "/mint/index.php",
                "/$" => "index.html", "([^.]+)$" => "$1.html" )

$HTTP["host"] =~ "textdrive.(org|com)" {
server.indexfiles          = ( "dispatch.fcgi", "index.php" )
server.document-root             = "/users/home/website/web/public/"
url.redirect = ( "^/forum/(.*)" => "http://forum.textdrive.com/$1",
                 "^/support/(.*)" => "http://support.textdrive.com/$1" )
#url.rewrite = ( "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "$1.html" )
server.error-handler-404   = "/dispatch.fcgi"
fastcgi.server = (
               ".fcgi" =>
                    ( "localhost" =>
                        (
                            "socket" => "/tmp/textdrive-new.socket",
                            "bin-path" => "/users/home/website/web/public/dispatch.fcgi",
                            "bin-environment" => ( "RAILS_ENV" => "production" )
                        )
                    ),
".php" =>
                    ( "localhost" =>
                        (
                            "socket" => "/tmp/textdrive-php5-fcgi.socket",
                            "bin-path" => "/usr/local/www/cgi-bin/php5-fcgi",
                            "bin-environment" => (
                            "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "4",
                            "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "5000"
                                                 )
                        )
                    )
)
}

#### SSL engine
$SERVER["socket"] == "207.7.108.166:443" {
ssl.engine                  = "enable"
ssl.pemfile                 = "/usr/local/openssl/certs/wildcard.textdrive.com.pem"
}

fastcgi.server = (
".fcgi" =>
                    ( "localhost" =>
                        (
                            "socket" => "/tmp/textdrive-new.socket",
                            "bin-path" => "/users/home/website/web/public/dispatch.fcgi",
                            "bin-environment" => ( "RAILS_ENV" => "production" )
                        )
                    ),
".php" =>
                    ( "localhost" =>
                        (
                            "socket" => "/tmp/textdrive-php5-fcgi.socket",
                            "bin-path" => "/usr/local/www/cgi-bin/php5-fcgi",
                            "bin-environment" => (
                            "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "4",   
                            "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "5000"
                                                 )
                        )       
                    )
)

#!/bin/sh

# Author: Nathaniel Brown
# Date: December 16, 2005
# URL: http://nshb.net/lighttpd-restart-script.html
# Version: 1.0
# License: MIT

#Binary Paths
CAT="/bin/cat"
PS="/bin/ps"
HTTPD="/usr/local/sbin/lighttpd"

# Modifiy this line for each install
PATH="/home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com/lighttpd/"
LIGHTTPD_CONF=$PATH"lighttpd.conf"
PIDFILE=$PATH"var/run/lighttpd.pid"


PID=0
if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
    PID=`$CAT $PIDFILE`
    if [ "x" == "x$PID" ]; then
        PID=0
    fi
fi


case "$1" in
    start)
        if [ 0 -ne $PID ]; then
            running=`$PS --pid $PID | grep $PID`
            if [ $running ]; then
                echo "lighttpd is already running"
                exit 1
            fi
            rm $PIDFILE
            PID=0
        fi
        $HTTPD -f $LIGHTTPD_CONF
        ;;
    stop)
        if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd was not running"
            exit 1
        fi
        kill $PID
        tries=""
        while [ -e $PIDFILE ]; do
            if [ "x$tries" == "x.........." ]; then
                break
            fi
            sleep 2
            tries=".$tries"
        done
        if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
            echo "lighttpd did not go gentle into that good night, murdering"
            kill -9 $PID
            rm $PIDFILE
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
    reload)
        if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd was not running"
        fi
        kill -HUP $PID
        ;;
    status)
       if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd is not running"
       fi
       if [ 0 -ne $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd (pid $PID) is running..."
       fi
       ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: "`basename $0`" (start|stop|restart|reload|status)"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

#!/bin/sh

USERNAME=username
LIGHTTPD_CONF=/home/$USERNAME/service/lighttpd.conf
PIDFILE=/home/$USERNAME/service/logs/lighttpd.pid
HTTPD=/home/$USERNAME/lighttpd/sbin/lighttpd

PID=0
if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
    PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
    if [ "x" == "x$PID" ]; then
        PID=0
    fi
fi

case "$1" in
    start)
        if [ 0 -ne $PID ]; then
            running=`ps --pid $PID | grep $PID`
            if [ $running ]; then
                echo "lighttpd is already running"
                exit 1
            fi
            rm $PIDFILE
            PID=0
        fi
        $HTTPD -f $LIGHTTPD_CONF
        ;;
    stop)
        if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd was not running"
            exit 1
        fi
        kill $PID
        tries=""
        while [ -e $PIDFILE ]; do
            if [ "x$tries" == "x.........." ]; then
                break
            fi
            sleep 2
            tries=".$tries"
        done
        if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
            echo "lighttpd did not go gentle into that good night, murdering"
            kill -9 $PID
            rm $PIDFILE
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
    reload)
        if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd was not running"
        fi
        kill -HUP $PID
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: "`basename $0`" (start|stop|restart|reload)"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

If you grabbed my sample lighttpd.conf before I made this post in the forum, then open up your lighttpd.conf, scroll down to the url.rewrite section, and change this:

"^(/[^media]/.*)$" => "/main.fcgi$1"

To this:

"^(/[^media].*)$" => "/main.fcgi$1"

#!/bin/sh

LIGHTTPD_CONF=/home/USERNAME/etc/lighttpd.conf
PIDFILE=/home/USERNAME/var/run/lighttpd.pid

case "$1" in
    start)
      # Starts the lighttpd deamon
      echo "Starting Lighttpd"
      /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f $LIGHTTPD_CONF
    
  ;;
    stop)
      # stops the daemon bt cat'ing the pidfile
      echo "Stopping Lighttpd"
      kill -9 `cat $PIDFILE`
      # kills the dispatch.fcgis
      ps axww | grep dispatch | egrep -v 'grep' | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs kill -9 
  ;;
    restart)
        ## Stop the service regardless of whether it was
        ## running or not, start it again.
        echo "Restarting Lighttpd"
        $0 stop
        $0 start
  ;;
    reload)
      # reloads the config file by sending HUP
      echo "Reloading config"
      kill -HUP `cat $PIDFILE`
  ;;
    *)
            echo "Usage: lighttpdctl (start|stop|restart|reload)"
            exit 1
        ;;
esac

#!/bin/sh

LIGHTTPD_CONF=/home/jarkko/domains/piforienteering.fi/sites/piffen-new/config/lighttpd.conf
PIDFILE=/home/jarkko/var/run/lighttpd.pid

case "$1" in
    start)
      # Starts the lighttpd deamon
      echo "Starting Lighttpd"
      lighttpd -f $LIGHTTPD_CONF
    
  ;;
    stop)
      # stops the daemon bt cat'ing the pidfile
      echo "Stopping Lighttpd"
      kill `cat $PIDFILE`
  ;;
    restart)
        ## Stop the service regardless of whether it was
        ## running or not, start it again.
        echo "Restarting Lighttpd"
        $0 stop
        $0 start
  ;;
    reload)
      # reloads the config file by sending HUP
      echo "Reloading config"
      kill -HUP `cat $PIDFILE`
  ;;
    *)
            echo "Usage: lighttpdctrl (start|stop|restart|reload)"
            exit 1
        ;;
esac

This daedalus config as well as my previous snippet is meant to supplement chapter 5 of "Lighttpd the painless way".

This config is dependent on having a ~/lighttpd directory setup as described in that manual. Also, you must have the restart.rb script (again from my previous snippet) in the lighttpd folder.

As before, remember to swap out your USERNAME, DOMAIN, and PORT.

The first check here is that a lighttpd process is running. If not then it calls restart.rb which will kill any zombie dispatchers and restart lighttpd.

The second check is more of a departure from the original suggestion. Rather than checking that a specific file is generating the expected output, I go right to the source and verify that lighttpd is responding with an HTTP header on the port you were assigned. This is a pure indication of whether lighttpd is responsive on the correct port. It won't be fouled up by application errors or apache forwarding misconfiguration. More importantly, it won't generate a flood of restarts due to an unrelated code error.

Also, you will notice I set the checkinterval to 10 minutes. I felt this was a good compromise between keeping lighttpd up and saturating the server with unnecessary processing.

name: lighttpd
checkcommand: /bin/ps axww
checkregex: /lighttpd/
onfailcommand: /home/USERNAME/lighttpd/restart.rb
checkinterval: 600 
aftercommandwait: 120

name: lighttpd-external
checkcommand: /usr/local/bin/curl -I http://YOURDOMAIN.com:YOURPORT
checkregex: /^HTTP/s
onfailcommand: /usr/bin/killall -9 lighttpd; /home/USERNAME/lighttpd/restart.rb
checkinterval: 600 
aftercommandwait: 120

By using this script to start lighttpd you can be sure you won't be leaving rogues dispatchers around sucking up memory and generally pissing jason off. Don't get caught with your pants down!

Make sure to change USERNAME below, as well as any paths that may be different in your case.

#!/usr/local/bin/ruby
#Modified from Julik's original code posted to TextDrive forums.

pstab = `ps axww`

def kill_fcgi_proc(line)
  its = line.strip.split(/\s+/)
  pid = its[0]
  puts "KILLING #{line}"
  `kill -9 #{pid}`
  sleep(3)
end

if pstab =~ /\/usr\/local\/sbin\/lighttpd -f/
  
  puts "Lighttpd still running."

else

  pstab.scan(/^.*dispatch\.fcgi\s*$/) do |line|
    kill_fcgi_proc line
  end

  pstab = `ps axww`
  
  if pstab =~ /dispatch\.fcgi/
    puts "Error, rogue dispatch.fcgi's still pissing jason off."
  else
    puts "Rogue dispatch.fcgi's cleared, starting lighty!"
    `/usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /home/USERNAME/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf`
  end
  
end

Based on: http://forum.textdrive.com/viewtopic.php?id=5094

Get Lighttpd working on Textdrive first (http://manuals.textdrive.com/read/book/9), then to add new Rails apps (ex: typo.domain.tld) follow the steps below...

1. ssh into your account

ssh username@servername.textdrive.com

2. Create a new directory for your rails apps (if you don't have one already):

mkdir ~/apps/ (or whatever you want to name it)

3. Move into that directory:

cd ~/apps/

4. svn checkout the app you want:

Example:
svn checkout svn://leetsoft.com/typo/trunk typo

5. Move into that new app's directory:

Example:
cd typo

6. Change the first line of appname/public/dispatch.rb and appname/public/dispatch.fcgi to:

#!/usr/local/bin/ruby18

7. Set-up MySQL database:

a.

mysql -u username -p

b.

create database textdriveusername_appname;

c.

exit;

d.

mysql -u username -p textdriveusername_appname < db/schema.mysql.sql

8. Create a symbolic link to your app's public folder, inside of your public_html folder:

ln -s /home/username/apps/appname/public /home/username/public_html/appname

9. Add an $HTTP["host"] entry into your lighttpd.conf for the new app (ex: http://textsnippets.com/posts/show/6 and http://textsnippets.com/posts/show/187)

10. Kill all your dispatch.fcgi processes and your lighttpd process (ex: ttp://textsnippets.com/posts/show/206)

11. Restart lighttpd:

/usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /home/username/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

12. Navigate to http://appname.yourdomain.tld