August 30, 2014
by Jim
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Today I had to configure a WordPress website to use Lighttpd. I looked for the proper rewrites to use and only received garbled information about the rewrites. So instead of forgetting it again for the umpteenth time, I will post my getting WordPress to work with Lighttpd tips / tricks here.
First up there are three key rewrites to get Lighttpd to work with WordPress. They are as follows: (note mod_rewrite will need to be enabled and this is in the lighttpd.conf).
url.rewrite = (
"^/(wp-admin|wp-includes|wp-content)/(.*)" => "$0",
"^/(.*).(.+)$" => "$0",
"^/(.+)/?$" => "/index.php/$1"
)
The second key item is making sure that the error handler is set properly.… Read More
Category: Lighttpd, TricksTags: .htaccess, all rewrites, apache2, assist, average, convert, cpu, hacks, help, howto, lighttpd, load, load average, lower, mod_rewrite, restart, rewrites, run, setup, speed, start, tips, to, tricks, wordpress, work, works
August 23, 2014
by Jim
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In the past, I have given some thought to a high load but not very much. For the most part having Lighttpd and Varnish in front of my Web servers alleviates most problems. That is until the other day when I decided to do an Apache benchmark test on my system and was able to bring down the server. The load made MySQL go insane by inflating it to 200% CPU usage! To make my servers available again I had to basically restart MySQL. This is not a huge issue, mainly because we do not have a high load but it was concerning.… Read More
Category: Lighttpd, Linux, MySQL, VarnishTags: apache, assist, benchmark, cache, config, configuration, cpu, crash, crashing, evasion, evasive, fix, hault, high cpu, high load, lighttpd, Linux, mod, modify, mysqld, query, server, trick, usage, varnish, web, web server, webserver