This tutorial will show you how to quickly deploy a server running, lighttpd, mysql and php5.

Step 1: Installing lighttpd:

apt-get install lighttpd

Step 2: Installing MYSQL:

apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

Step 3: Installing and configuring PHP5:

apt-get install php5-cgi php5-mysql 

We will edit the php.ini file:

nano /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini

and find the line “cgi.fix_pathinfo=” (or add it) and append it as follows:

cgi.fix_pathinfo=1

Step 4: Configure Lighttpd (enable modules):

lighttpd-enable-mod fastcgi
lighttpd-enable-mod fastcgi-php

and create the configuration file for PHP5:

cp /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/10-fastcgi.conf /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/10-fastcgi.conf

and finally reload lighttpd:

/etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload