# Lighthttpd not working as default (configuration?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 6, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighthttpd-not-working-as-default-configuration/56962 "2006-04-06T02:21:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oscar\_Picasso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Oscar\_Picasso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Oscar_Picasso)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighthttpd-not-working-as-default-configuration/56962/1 "2006-04-06T02:21:27Z")
Hi, On the api doc it is written that if lighttpd is installed, rails will use it as its web server instead of WebBrick. I have installed lighthttpd and verified it works (for example on the default port 80) but when lauching script/server, it still uses WebBrick. I wondering if I need to edit /etc/lighttpd/lighthttpd.conf myself or configure something else. Any idea? Thanks Oscar ---
**Author:** ![Oscar\_Picasso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Oscar\_Picasso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Oscar_Picasso)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighthttpd-not-working-as-default-configuration/56962/2 "2006-04-06T06:30:39Z")
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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Picasso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Oscar\_Picasso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Oscar_Picasso)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighthttpd-not-working-as-default-configuration/56962/3 "2006-04-06T07:01:21Z")
lighthttpd is on the path. which lighttpd =\> ~/bin/lighttpd It’s actually a symlink to /usr/sbin/lighttpd I have installed it as root. I tried to launch it from the command line but i failed with (server.c.597) opening pid-file failed: /var/run/lighttpd.pid Permission denied /var/run is not writable for non root users. I’ll try to investigate further. Peter T Bosse II [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: Make sure the path to lighttpd is in your path.� Try this: which lighttpd did it give you the path to lighttpd?� (On my system it’s installed in /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd)��Where is lighttpd installed?� Is that directory in your path?� Try this: echo $PATH If the path to lighttpd isn’t listed you’ll need to add it.� Look in ~/.bash\_profile or /etc/profile - Peter P.S. This all assumes you’re running Rails on Mac OS X or some other unix-y type system. On Apr 5, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Oscar Picasso wrote: Hi, On the api doc it is written that if lighttpd is installed, rails will use it as its web server instead of WebBrick. I have installed lighthttpd and verified it works (for example on the default port 80) but when lauching script/server, it still uses WebBrick. I wondering if I need to edit /etc/lighttpd/lighthttpd.conf myself or configure something else. Any idea? Thanks Oscar * * * Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1�/min.\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ---
**Author:** ![Oscar\_Picasso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Oscar\_Picasso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Oscar_Picasso)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighthttpd-not-working-as-default-configuration/56962/4 "2006-04-06T15:36:17Z")
you can force lighttpd by giving it as an option as ‘script/server lighttpd’ if it can’t run it, most likely it’s not in your path. script/server will look to see if it can run lighttpd (it tries to run ‘lighttpd -version’). if it can, it will copy a default lighttpd.conf file from the RAILS\_ROOT/configs/ to yourapp/config/ unless it already exists. the server script then runs lighttpd with -f option for this new config file, which is tailor made (port/ip, log paths, etc) for running your app without requiring root access. check out RAILS\_ROOT/lib/commands/server.rb and RAILS\_ROOT/lib/commands/servers/lighttpd.rb RAILS\_ROOT/configs/lighttpd.conf for more information on the process.