generate ssl cert using openssl (see other docs on the net) #tweaks (depends on memory and CPU) so run some tests – max-proc and min-proc #specify how many php processes to spawn, make sure you adequately assign #according to memory, default is 2ĭONE-now enjoy! default web root is /var/wwwĮxtra-Need a SSL Cert? Here’s the config:ġ. You can view the entire post on my blog - įirst, install the server (stop apache services if running or change to different port) I'd thought I would share my configuration for my moodle setup using debian lenny or ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS. In my testing there is over a 50% performance gain with lighttpd over apache.
For those of you in a linux configuration you ought to take a serious look at lighttpd for your php5/moodle configuration.