Lighttpd Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Lighttpd
Chapter 2: Configuring and Running Lighttpd
Chapter 3: More Virtual Hosting and CGI
Chapter 4: Downloads and Streams
Chapter 5: Big Brother Lighttpd
Chapter 6: Encryption: SSL
Chapter 7: Securing Lighttpd
Chapter 8: Containing Lighttpd
Chapter 9: Optimizing Lighttpd
Chapter 10: Migration from Apache
Chapter 11: CGI Revisited
Chapter 12: Using Lua with Lighttpd
Chapter 13: Writing Lighttpd Modules
Appendix A: HTTP Status Codes
Appendix B: Module/Configuration Index
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Lighttpd
  • Installing Lighttpd
  • Building Lighttpd using Autotools
  • Building Lighttpd using CMake
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: Configuring and Running Lighttpd
  • Starting Lighttpd by Hand
  • Other Core Options
  • Mime Types
  • Selectors
    • Excursion: Regular Expressions
      • Play it Again, Sam
      • Are You There?
      • Decisions, Decisions
      • Group and Capture
      • Lucky Escape
  • Rewriting and Redirecting Requests
  • Including Variables, Files, and Shell-code
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: More Virtual Hosting and CGI
  • Extended Virtual Hosting
  • MySQL based Virtual Hosting
    • Installing MySQL
    • Bringing MySQL and mod_mysqlvhost Together
  • Going Dynamic
  • CGI with mod_cgi
  • FastCGI
  • SCGI
  • mod_proxy_core and backends
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: Downloads and Streams
  • Core Settings
  • Traffic Shaping
  • Showing Directory Contents
  • Securing Downloads
  • Streaming Content
  • Putting it All Together
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: Big Brother Lighttpd
  • Privacy
  • O Browser, Where Art Thou?
  • Access Logging
  • Tracking Users
  • Other Data Points
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: Encryption: SSL
  • Self-Signed Keys
  • Being our own Certificate Authority
  • Obtaining a Key Pair from a Third-Party Supplier
  • Configuring Lighttpd to use SSL
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Securing Lighttpd
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Evading Denial of Service Attacks
    • Setting up Logrotate
  • Know Your Foe
    • RRDtool
    • Grepping the Logs
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: Containing Lighttpd
  • Giving up Privileges
  • Changing Root
  • Separating the Backend
  • Summary

• Chapter 9: Optimizing Lighttpd
  • Installing http_load
    • Running http_load Tests
  • Specific Optimizations
    • Example: Caching with mod_magnet
    • Measuring System Load
  • Profiling with gprof
    • Load Testing our Profiling Build
  • Summary

• Chapter 10: Migration from Apache
  • Adding Lighttpd to the Mix
  • Excursion: mod_proxy
  • Reducing Apache Load
  • mod_perl, mod_php, and mod_python
  • .htaccess
    • .htaccess and PHP
  • Rewriting Rules
  • WebDAV
  • Summary

• Chapter 11: CGI Revisited
  • Ruby on Rails
  • WordPress
  • phpMyAdmin
  • MediaWiki
  • Trac
  • AWStats
  • AjaxTerm
  • Summary

• Chapter 12: Using Lua with Lighttpd
  • Lua: A small Primer
  • Useful Lua Libraries
  • Lua/FastCGI
    • Installing Lua/FastCGI
      • GET and POST Requests
      • Looking at the Cache
  • Running mod_magnet
  • Example: A Shoutbox
  • Summary

• Chapter 13: Writing Lighttpd Modules
  • Handling Configuration
  • Rewriting the Request
  • Manipulating the Response
  • Summary

• Appendix A: HTTP Status Codes

• Appendix B: Module/Configuration Index
  • Internal
  • mod_accesslog
  • mod_alias
  • mod_auth
  • mod_cgi
  • mod_cml
  • mod_chunked
  • mod_compress
  • mod_deflate
  • mod_dirlisting
  • mod_evasive
  • mod_evhost
  • mod_expire
  • mod_fastcgi
  • mod_flv_streaming
  • mod_indexfile
  • mod_magnet
  • mod_proxy
  • mod_proxy_core
  • mod_redirect
  • mod_rewrite
  • mod_rrdtool
  • mod_scgi
  • mod_secure_download
  • mod_setenv
  • mod_simple_vhost
  • mod_sql_vhost_core, mod_mysql_vhost
  • mod_ssi
  • mod_staticfile
  • mod_status
  • mod_trigger_b4_dl
  • mod_uploadprogress
  • mod_webdav

• Index

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