How-to Lighttpd, PHP, MySQL and Eaccelerator

[bef]

the thing with mysql didn't work, so i did a little work-around using an alias

but i had no luck with lighttpd:

ls /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d
01-default.conf  10-php-fcgi.conf

the parts from the config i postet belong to the /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf, as i thought this is the file used.

running lighttpd -f /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/01* (or 10*) results in:

 lighttpd -f /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/01*
2009-12-12 19:39:14: (configfile.c.1202) a default document-root has to be set
2009-12-12 19:39:14: (server.c.613) setting default values failed

and using the /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf results in the errors posted in the previously

[wpte]

the thing with mysql didn't work, so i did a little work-around using an alias

but i had no luck with lighttpd:

ls /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d
01-default.conf  10-php-fcgi.conf

the parts from the config i postet belong to the /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf, as i thought this is the file used.

running lighttpd -f /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/01* (or 10*) results in:

 lighttpd -f /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/01*
2009-12-12 19:39:14: (configfile.c.1202) a default document-root has to be set
2009-12-12 19:39:14: (server.c.613) setting default values failed

and using the /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf results in the errors posted in the previously

are you running an old version of lighttpd?
on the old versions you'd have problems with those files in conf.d
since the files in conf.d don't really have much use (configuration of modules) I made them empty or removed them.
either way, perhaps you should try the same:

rm /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/*

you can always re-create with by touch (creates an empty file)

touch /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/01-default.conf

[bef]

the installed version is 1.4.25-1, therefore there shouldn't be problems with these files (according to what i read on the first pages in this thread)

right now i'm somewhat confused:

-running "lighttpd" does not work

if only 01-default.conf exists in /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/

-running "lighttpd -f /opt/etc/lighttpd/*.conf" does not return anything (i assume it works somehow :P )
and
-running "/opt/etc/init.d/S80lighttpd start" returns "Starting webserver: lighttpd" but no process shows up the process list

When i try to connect to the router through my browser to view the test page (the one created in the second post of this thread to test the server) i get a "failed to connect" error

if i restore 10-php-fcgi.conf to /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/
both "lighttpd -f /opt/etc/lighttpd/*.conf" and "/opt/etc/init.d/S80lighttpd start" cease to work with the previously posted error

[wpte]

newest version indeed

basicly the only config file you need in conf.d is: /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/01-default.conf
and that file should be empty

then you should be able to start the webserver via /opt/etc/init.d/S80lighttpd start

[bef]

As the files in conf.d took all my attention i missed the last piece: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=166318&postcount=38 fixing this and its all up and running

Thank you very much

[wpte]

As the files in conf.d took all my attention i missed the last piece: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=166318&postcount=38 fixing this and its all up and running

Thank you very much

haha, great
but I did include that in my main how-to
I guess I'll don't do any version control stuff anymore, since the optware guys won't include e-poll anymore

I hope you have fun using lighttpd

[gabbano]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/imap.requirements.php
it requires an extra plugin for php
you can try to compile it as well with the build utilities you've installed in this how-to
don't forget to set the prefix to opt

Can you guide me some where to find how to compile the php with the extra plugin? Or is there any pre-compiled binary somewhere?

[wpte]

Can you guide me some where to find how to compile the php with the extra plugin? Or is there any pre-compiled binary somewhere?

well you have the entire build environment on your router ready so it's going to be easy.

First you need to download the sourcecode from http://php.net/ be sure to download the same version as you have installed
also you need to rebuild the extension after an php update from ipkg repository

anyway the internet is full of how-to's and this one seems to be helpfull:
http://mattiasgeniar.be/2008/09/14/h...s-from-source/

you can skip #1 here since you have that already
#2 is just for unzipping the source on your router
then the rest is pretty straight forward, just like the stuff we did with eaccelerator

[gabbano]

well you have the entire build environment on your router ready so it's going to be easy.

First you need to download the sourcecode from http://php.net/ be sure to download the same version as you have installed
also you need to rebuild the extension after an php update from ipkg repository

anyway the internet is full of how-to's and this one seems to be helpfull:
http://mattiasgeniar.be/2008/09/14/h...s-from-source/

you can skip #1 here since you have that already
#2 is just for unzipping the source on your router
then the rest is pretty straight forward, just like the stuff we did with eaccelerator

Thanx for the help!
I managed to download the php and imap source and run PHPIZE.

But when i ran ./configure --prefix=/opt --with-imap --with-imap-ssl i got the following error.

configure: error: utf8_mime2text() has new signature, but U8T_CANONICAL is missing. This should not happen. Check config.log for additional information.

Tried to google about it but all post refered to some library called libc-client-devel.
I looked for the library but could not find it for olegs.

[wpte]

Thanx for the help!
I managed to download the php and imap source and run PHPIZE.

But when i ran ./configure --prefix=/opt --with-imap --with-imap-ssl i got the following error.

configure: error: utf8_mime2text() has new signature, but U8T_CANONICAL is missing. This should not happen. Check config.log for additional information.

Tried to google about it but all post refered to some library called libc-client-devel.
I looked for the library but could not find it for olegs.

that's indeed the main problem for compiling on routers, missing libraries.
somehow this configure wants to get something of an ubuntu distro it seems
I don't know the answer yet, since I haven't tried to compile it myself

[cichy]

Hello,
Time to refresh this thread :P I've updated my php and additional components on router. When ipkg asked i've sticked to my settings (php.ini and lighttpd.conf) but after resrtart i'm getting 500-Internal server error. In htop lighttpd isn't running so is fcgi. My question is: what to do? I've already reinstalled lighttpd and it didn't helped at all. Any clues?

[newbiefan]

Hello,
Time to refresh this thread :P I've updated my php and additional components on router. When ipkg asked i've sticked to my settings (php.ini and lighttpd.conf) but after resrtart i'm getting 500-Internal server error. In htop lighttpd isn't running so is fcgi. My question is: what to do? I've already reinstalled lighttpd and it didn't helped at all. Any clues?

I had similar problems with newer lighttpd (since 1.4.24-1)
You can try to install the last working lighttpd from here:

ipkg remove lighttpd
  cd /opt/tmp/ipkg
  mkdir -p /opt/etc/lighttpd
  wget http://autoinstall.lima-city.de/lighttpd_1.4.22-1_mipsel.ipk
  ipkg install lighttpd_1.4.22-1_mipsel.ipk
  wget http://autoinstall.lima-city.de/libuclibc++_0.2.2-8_mipsel.ipk
  ipkg install libuclibc++_0.2.2-8_mipsel.ipk
wget http://autoinstall.lima-city.de/lighttpd.conf -O /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Consider, that lighttpd.conf needs some changes before starting, because lighttpd is set in this config to port 80.

For me it works.
have fun

[wpte]

Hello,
Time to refresh this thread :P I've updated my php and additional components on router. When ipkg asked i've sticked to my settings (php.ini and lighttpd.conf) but after resrtart i'm getting 500-Internal server error. In htop lighttpd isn't running so is fcgi. My question is: what to do? I've already reinstalled lighttpd and it didn't helped at all. Any clues?

right, you got this config update: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=166318&postcount=38

then also be sure to recompile eaccelerator when php updates to a newer version, during the installation php will tell you this usually.

downgrading is not needed, I still got it working with the newest version newbiefan, you just need to activate polling instead of e-poll.

[newbiefan]

then also be sure to recompile eaccelerator when php updates to a newer version, during the installation php will tell you this usually.

downgrading is not needed, I still got it working with the newest version newbiefan, you just need to activate polling instead of e-poll.

Thanks wpte, will check it next time...

[cichy]

Ok, so reinstalling lighhtpd wasn't good idea, so was installing eaccelerator from ipkg packages. But after compiling eaccelerator from sources it all went smooth, lighttpd works like a charm