Lighttpd a secure, fast, compliant and very flexible web-server which has been optimized for high-performance environments. It has a very low memory footprint compared to other webservers and takes care of cpu-load.

Lighttpd on FreeBSD:

First update your port tree by typing following commands:

# portsnap fetch
# portsnap update

Install lighttpd web server under FreeBSD

Lighttpd port is located under /usr/ports/www/lighttpd:

# cd /usr/ports/www/lighttpd

Install lighttpd:

# make
# make install
# make clean

Start Lighttpd Server Under FreeBSD

To start Lighttpd server, enter:

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/lighttpd start

Verify that lighttpd is running:

# netstat -nat

Auto start lighttpd service

You need to enable both services. Open /etc/rc.conf:

# vi /etc/rc.conf

Append following two lines:

lighttpd_enable="YES"