lighttpd is a lightweight web server used mainly to serve static files. Youtube used lighttpd before it was purchased by Google. I was using lighttpd with some file hosting/image hosting sites with mod_secdownload that allows the link to expire after a predefined time.
- https://www.lighttpd.net
- lighttpd mod alias
- lighttpd too many open files
- bind lighttpd to one ip address
- Auto restart lighttpd on crash
- How to install lighttpd from source
To install Lighttpd on CentOS, run
yum install lighttpd
To see lighttpd version, run
lighttpd -v