Lighttpd for Windows
06/01/24
I develop and test my rails apps on a windows box and until now, I’ve been using Webbrick as my webserver. Now Lighttpd has finally been released for windows. You can find it here. I have yet to install it but once I do I’ll update this post with my thoughts.
Update:I’ve finished installing it on one of my machines and it seems to be running quite smoothly. Webbrick often crashed or hung when under stress, but so far, Lighttpd seems to be hanging in there and serving pages nicely.
Update:I now have lighttpd running multiple rails apps on a single box and everything seems to be working quite well.
Update: Check out Lighttpd Virtual Hosts with SCGI on Windows to see how to get multiple virtual hosts running.
Comments
06/01/31 - Hemanshu Narsana Says:
Eric, could you do me a really really big favour and possibly send me (email) the installer for Lighttpd on windows? Could you possibly email it to me at hemanshu [at] hnarsana.com AND hemanshu.narsana [at] gmail.com? I would be eternally grateful, as I need it for installation at work, but the KevinWorthington website refuses to open! Thanks a ton!
06/02/23 - Deniz Says:
How did you install the lighttpd for windows? The link that you provided has another link to download lighty but it seems like that link is broken.
06/02/23 - Eric Says:
Hi Deniz, It seems that the site (wd-39.com) exceeded their bandwidth and have been shut off for now. I have a copy of it and can email it to you if you want to get started right away. Hopefully that doesn't break any license agreements.
06/10/08 - Dor Says:
I Googled for Lighttpd for Windows and found that Kevin Worthington has a distro available. He's currently distributing version 1.4.11. Latest version is 1.4.12. It's great! Works out of the box. Just thought I'd share with everyone. I'm loving Lighttpd!
06/11/06 - Raj Says:
hi there ... does anyone has lighttpd windows installer. the link for it seems to be broken. Please let me know if you guys can email me the installer. that would be just great
06/11/08 - Eric Says:
I've got an older version of Lighttpd still if you need it. Just email me and I'll send it to you.
06/11/18 - Del Says:
Honestly guys, don't bother with the Kevin Worthington port of lighttpd for Windows. I don't understand why he even bothers to release his "experimental" packages. If by some chance you find one that works, hold on to it for dear life and never consider upgrading it.