Product Information
What is Lighttpd?
lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a web server designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible, while optimized for speed-critical environments. lighttpd supports load balancing with FastCGI, SCGI, and HTTP proxying, SSL and TLS via OpenSSL, authentication for LDAP servers, flexible virtual hosting, HTTP compression, and more.
Its design is extremely lightweight (less than 1 MB).
How to use Lighttpd?
lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible web server, optimized for high-performance environments with efficient use of memory and CPU resources.
Core Functions of Lighttpd
HTTP Server
Usage Scenarios of Lighttpd
- Deploy Web Applications in High-Speed Demand Environments
- Run Web Servers on Resource-Limited Systems (e.g., Memory and CPU)
- Serve as a Web Server for Systems of Various Sizes (Small to Large)
- Scenarios Requiring Support for Load Balancing FastCGI, SCGI, and HTTP Proxy
- Web Services Requiring SSL and TLS Support via OpenSSL
- Web Environments Requiring LDAP Server Authentication and Flexible Virtual Hosting
Common Questions about Lighttpd
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