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Astaar
Asked: 2011-02-08 01:40:56 +0800 CST

Lighttpd not starting - no error

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I recently installed Lighttpd on Ubuntu Server 10.04 x86_64 and created several websites. What I do is include /etc/lighttpd/vhost.d/*.conf and put a configuration file for each website in that directory.

The problem I have is when I "service lighttpd start" I get the message that the service started, there is no error message:

root@178-33-104-210:~# service lighttpd start 
Syntax OK  
* Starting web server lighttpd                   [ OK ]

But then if I take a look at the services listening, Lighttpd is nowhere to be seen:

root@178-33-104-210:~# netstat -tap
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 localhost:mysql         *:*                     LISTEN      829/mysqld
tcp        0      0 *:ftp                   *:*                     LISTEN      737/vsftpd
tcp        0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN      739/sshd
tcp6       0      0 [::]:ssh                [::]:*                  LISTEN      739/sshd

So I'm looking at ways I could troubleshoot this. I checked in /var/log/lighttpd/error.log and there's nothing in it.

Edit: Sorry, I indicated I use CentOS but it's actually Ubuntu Server (I usually use CentOS but had to go with Ubuntu for that one).

lighttpd centos5 ubuntu-10.04

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Test config:

    /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf -t

    Run foreground(for debug):

    /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf -D
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  2. Did you disable

    server.use-ipv6 = "enable"

    in your .conf? I ran into the same problem and found with

    $ netstat -ntulp

    that the server was listening on ipv6. After disabling server.use-ipv6 I was able to connect to lighttp via ipv4. There is also an old bug report on this issue, where they say that it is a BSD specific problem. I am using Ubuntu.

    http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/509

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  3. Perhaps lighttpd tries to log to some location where it does not have write access? Check the logging directives.

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