How to install Grav CMS with Lighttpd Web Server

Step 3: Enable and start the lighttpd Service by using the below command

root@ubuntu:~# systemctl enable lighttpd
Synchronizing state of lighttpd.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable lighttpd
root@ubuntu:~# systemctl start lighttpd

Step 4: Check the status of the lighttpd service by using the below command

root@ubuntu:~# systemctl status lighttpd
● lighttpd.service - Lighttpd Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2024-06-07 05:31:47 PDT; 1min 26s ago
   Main PID: 3243 (lighttpd)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 4556)
     Memory: 1008.0K
     CGroup: /system.slice/lighttpd.service
             └─3243 /usr/sbin/lighttpd -D -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Jun 07 05:31:47 ubuntu systemd[1]: Starting Lighttpd Daemon...
Jun 07 05:31:47 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Lighttpd Daemon.

Step 5: Install php and its modules by using the below command

root@ubuntu:~# apt install php php-cli php-fpm php-mbstring php-xml php-json php-curl php-zip php-intl php-gd php-cgi -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapache2-mod-php7.4 libapr1 libaprutil1
  libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libcurl4 liblua5.2-0 libonig5 libzip5 php-common php7.4
  php7.4-cgi php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-curl php7.4-fpm php7.4-gd php7.4-intl php7.4-json
  php7.4-mbstring php7.4-opcache php7.4-readline php7.4-xml php7.4-zip
Suggested packages:
  apache2-doc apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom php-pear
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapache2-mod-php7.4 libapr1 libaprutil1
  libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libcurl4 liblua5.2-0 libonig5 libzip5 php php-cgi php-cli
  php-common php-curl php-fpm php-gd php-intl php-json php-mbstring php-xml php-zip php7.4 php7.4-cgi
  php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-curl php7.4-fpm php7.4-gd php7.4-intl php7.4-json php7.4-mbstring
  php7.4-opcache php7.4-readline php7.4-xml php7.4-zip
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● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2024-06-07 05:34:49 PDT; 27ms ago
       Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
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root@ubuntu:~# vim /etc/php/7.4/fpm/php.ini

Ensure the below line in php.ini file was uncommented

cgi.fix_pathinfo=1
Save and close the file (Ctrl+X, Y, Enter).

root@ubuntu:~# lighty-enable-mod fastcgi
Enabling fastcgi: ok
Run "service lighttpd force-reload" to enable changes
root@ubuntu:~# lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php
Enabling fastcgi-php: ok
Run "service lighttpd force-reload" to enable changes
root@ubuntu:~# systemctl reload lighttpd

root@ubuntu:~# cd /var/www/html/
root@ubuntu:/var/www/html# wget https://getgrav.org/download/core/grav-admin/latest -O grav-admin.zip
--2024-06-07 05:40:50--  https://getgrav.org/download/core/grav-admin/latest
Resolving getgrav.org (getgrav.org)... 172.67.72.160, 104.26.3.204, 104.26.2.204, ...
Connecting to getgrav.org (getgrav.org)|172.67.72.160|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github.com/getgrav/grav/releases/download/1.7.46/grav-admin-v1.7.46.zip [following]
--2024-06-07 05:40:51--  https://github.com/getgrav/grav/releases/download/1.7.46/grav-admin-v1.7.46.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 20.207.73.82
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|20.207.73.82|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/22553797/23021972-4ba2-4dcf-bc0a-24b072e59880?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=releaseassetproduction%2F20240607%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240607T124051Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=da237f5e20931bcd570cf076bce0af8fccc9c88337864cef0666d7fdcb61ebce&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&actor_id=0&key_id=0&repo_id=22553797&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dgrav-admin-v1.7.46.zip&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
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Resolving objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.110.133, 185.199.109.133, 185.199.111.133, ...
Connecting to objects.githubusercontent.com (objects.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.110.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 18900376 (18M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘grav-admin.zip’

grav-admin.zip             100%[=====================================>]  18.02M  9.99MB/s    in 1.8s

2024-06-07 05:40:54 (9.99 MB/s) - ‘grav-admin.zip’ saved [18900376/18900376]

root@ubuntu:/var/www/html# unzip grav-admin.zip -d grav
Archive:  grav-admin.zip
   creating: grav/grav-admin/
   creating: grav/grav-admin/tmp/
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/tmp/.gitkeep
   creating: grav/grav-admin/.github/
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/.github/FUNDING.yml
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/LICENSE.txt
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/README.md
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/SECURITY.md
   creating: grav/grav-admin/logs/
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/logs/.gitkeep
   creating: grav/grav-admin/backup/
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/backup/.gitkeep
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/.htaccess
   creating: grav/grav-admin/system/
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/system/defines.php
   creating: grav/grav-admin/system/assets/
   creating: grav/grav-admin/system/assets/jquery/
inflating: grav/grav-admin/vendor/rockettheme/toolbox/Compat/src/Yaml/Yaml.php
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/vendor/rockettheme/toolbox/Compat/src/Yaml/Parser.php
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/vendor/rockettheme/toolbox/Compat/src/Yaml/Inline.php
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/vendor/rockettheme/toolbox/Compat/src/Yaml/Unescaper.php
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/CONTRIBUTING.md
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/index.php
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/now.json
   creating: grav/grav-admin/webserver-configs/
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/webserver-configs/lighttpd.conf
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/webserver-configs/web.config
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/webserver-configs/nginx.conf
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/webserver-configs/htaccess.txt
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/webserver-configs/Caddyfile-0.8.x
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/webserver-configs/Caddyfile
   creating: grav/grav-admin/images/
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/images/.gitkeep
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/composer.json
  inflating: grav/grav-admin/composer.lock

root@ubuntu:/var/www/html# mv grav grav2
root@ubuntu:/var/www/html# mv grav2/grav-admin/ /var/www/html/grav
root@ubuntu:/var/www/html# rm -rf grav2/

root@ubuntu:/var/www/html# vim /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Add the below lines in the end of configuration file.

server.module += ("mod_rewrite")
$HTTP["host"] =~ ".*" {
    server.document-root = "/var/www/html/grav"
    url.rewrite-if-not-file = ( "" => "/index.php" )
}

root@ubuntu:/var/www/html# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/grav
root@ubuntu:/var/www/html# chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/grav

root@ubuntu:/var/www/html# systemctl restart lighttpd