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Version: 9.x

Lighttpd

Install required packages​

Follow instructions below to setup Bacula-Web using Lighttpd instead of Apache or Nginx web server

info

The following instructions are based on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) using PHP 8.0.28

Install Lighttpd package

$ sudo apt-get install -y lighttpd php-fpm

Enable fastcgi configuration

$ sudo lighttpd-enable-mod fastcgi
$ sudo lighttpd-enable-mod fastcgi-php

then restart Lighttpd service

$ sudo systemctl restart lighttpd

Install PHP extensions

$ sudo apt install -y php-pdo php-xml php-pdo php-sqlite3 php-mysql php-pgsql php-cli php-xml

Configure Lighttpd​

Update Lighttpd server configuration

cat /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

# vhosts
include "/etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d/*.conf"

Create the folder below

cat /etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d
/etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d
$HTTP["host"] == "ltd-bacula-web.domain.local" {
  server.document-root = "/var/www/html/bacula-web/public"
  server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/bacula-web-error.log"
}
warning

Since v8.6.0, the server.document-root path must be set to the public subdirectory.

prior v8.6.0
server.document-root = "/var/www/html/bacula-web"
using v8.6.0 and above
server.document-root = "/var/www/html/bacula-web/public"

Running the config test should return this result

$ sudo lighttpd -t -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Syntax OK

Restart and check Lighttpd server status

$ sudo systemctl restart lighttpd

$ sudo systemctl status lighttpd

You can now proceed with any of the installation method below