lighttpd

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

To see lighttpd version, run