# Ok, lightTPD is installed... how do i use it

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ok-lighttpd-is-installed-how-do-i-use-it/97254>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 5, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ok-lighttpd-is-installed-how-do-i-use-it/97254 "2006-07-05T23:39:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ok-lighttpd-is-installed-how-do-i-use-it/97254/1 "2006-07-05T23:39:33Z")

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i used the hivelogic article to install ruby on rails to my mac:

> **[Dan Benjamin](https://danbenjamin.com)**
>
> Dan Benjamin's personal website.

everything works great using the script/server command, but isn’t that  
still using WEBrick? how do i server my apps with lightTPD?

i tried following the instructions given here:  
[http://duncandavidson.com/essay/2005/12/railsonlighty](http://duncandavidson.com/essay/2005/12/railsonlighty)

but have had no success so far. when i try running

sudo lighttpd -t -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

i get the following output:

2006-07-05 15:46:26: (plugin.c.165) dlopen() failed for:  
/usr/local/lib/modaccesslog.so dlopen(/usr/local/lib/modaccesslog.so,  
1): image not found  
2006-07-05 15:46:26: (server.c.583) loading plugins finally failed

are there any more resources on server my rails applications with the  
lightTPD webserver? i haven’t been able to find much.

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**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ok-lighttpd-is-installed-how-do-i-use-it/97254/2 "2006-07-05T23:40:55Z")

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i had a typo in the lighttpd command:

> sudo lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

is what i meant.

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**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ok-lighttpd-is-installed-how-do-i-use-it/97254/3 "2006-07-06T00:35:34Z")

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I think script/server defaults to lighttpd after the hivelogic install.  
You  
have to do something like script/server webrick to get webrick. Just  
take a  
look at the name scrolling by when the server starts up.

🙂

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**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ok-lighttpd-is-installed-how-do-i-use-it/97254/4 "2006-07-06T20:28:46Z")

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Stephen S. wrote:

> I think script/server defaults to lighttpd after the hivelogic install.  
> You  
> have to do something like script/server webrick to get webrick. Just  
> take a  
> look at the name scrolling by when the server starts up.
> 
> 🙂

ok, i feel dumb. it is lightTPD. this brings up more questions though. i  
want lighty to run without me having to call script/server everytime. i  
would also like to have multiple apps hosted on the machine.

is there some instruction on doing this with the hivelogic installation  
method? is there anything special i need to do?

when i try to start the server on it’s own, i still get:

2006-07-05 15:46:26: (plugin.c.165) dlopen() failed for:  
/usr/local/lib/modaccesslog.so dlopen(/usr/local/lib/modaccesslog.so,  
1): image not found  
2006-07-05 15:46:26: (server.c.583) loading plugins finally failed

i had to create the lighttpd.conf file. i’m wondering if the errors  
could be related to a permissions thing or what. setting groups and  
permissions aren’t strong points of mine because i’m fairly new to unix.

the tutorial here: [http://duncandavidson.com/essay/2005/12/railsonlighty](http://duncandavidson.com/essay/2005/12/railsonlighty)  
simply says to just create the config files. not much detail on how to  
set the file up.

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**Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ok-lighttpd-is-installed-how-do-i-use-it/97254/5 "2006-07-07T01:16:46Z")

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Hi -

You could take a look at Shovel ([http://nubyonrails.com/pages/shovel](http://nubyonrails.com/pages/shovel)) or  
the  
lighttpd.conf file suggested by TextDrive (  
[http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=file&from=2&id=77](http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=file&from=2&id=77)) for  
inspiration.  
I’m not sure what if anything is sacred in the lighttpd.conf.

But these docs should get you started.

🙂

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**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ok-lighttpd-is-installed-how-do-i-use-it/97254/6 "2006-07-07T01:23:04Z")

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P.S. - I think you just add a line to your lighttpd.conf in the lighttpd  
folder of your server user’s ~/home/USERNAME/var directory and a new  
APPNAME.conf for each app in your vhosts folder.  
That’s how it works on TextDrive, anyway.