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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.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.lighttpd.net">https://www.lighttpd.net</a></li>
<li><a href="https://serverok.in/lighttpd-mod-alias">lighttpd mod alias</a></li>
<li><a href="https://serverok.in/lighttpd-too-many-open-files">lighttpd too many open files</a></li>
<li><a href="https://serverok.in/bind-lighttpd-to-one-ip-address">bind lighttpd to one ip address</a></li>
<li><a href="https://serverok.in/auto-restart-lighttpd-on-crash">Auto restart lighttpd on crash</a></li>
<li><a href="https://serverok.in/how-to-install-lighttpd-from-source">How to install lighttpd from source</a></li>
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To install Lighttpd on CentOS, run
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yum install lighttpd
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To see lighttpd version, run
<pre>
lighttpd -v
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