Lighttpd is a web server for serving web content to clients. Lighttpd is an open-source project released under the 3-clause BSD license.
This tutorial explains how to install Lighttpd inside a Docker container in the Linux. Commands have been tested on Ubuntu.
Prepare environment
Make sure you have installed Docker in your system. If you are using Ubuntu, installation instructions can be found in the post.
Install Lighttpd
- Host network
Run the following command to create a container for Lighttpd that uses host network:
docker run -t -d --name=lighttpd --restart=always --network=host \
-v /var/www:/var/www/localhost/htdocs \
sebp/lighttpd- User-defined bridge network
User-defined bridge network can be used for listening on different port. By default, Lighttpd service is listening on port 80. It can be changed with -p option.
docker network create app-netdocker run -t -d --name=lighttpd --restart=always --network=app-net \
-p 8080:80 \
-v /var/www:/var/www/localhost/htdocs \
sebp/lighttpdTesting Lighttpd
Create simple index.html for testing:
echo '<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Title</title></head><body>Hello world</body></html>' | sudo tee /var/www/index.htmlOpen a web browser and go to http://<IP_ADDRESS>, where <IP_ADDRESS> is the IP address of the system. You will see a recently created page.
Uninstall Lighttpd
To completely remove Lighttpd, remove its container and associated volume:
docker rm --force --volumes lighttpdRemove Lighttpd image:
docker rmi sebp/lighttpdYou can also remove Lighttpd web data:
sudo rm -rf /var/wwwIf a user-defined bridge network was created, you can delete it as follows:
docker network rm app-net
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