There’s a few packages you might not have installed that you’ll need before php phpMyFAQ will install. On a basic, headless virtual machine, I don’t install a web server, php or databases by default. So I’ll start from there.

I read in a bunch of places that you can’t use HTTP["scheme"] to redirect http:80 traffic to https:443 without using 2-3 levels of nesting with socket and host. But that’s just not true. The only reason it doesn’t work at first is because http is a subset of https, so be more specific with http$ and it works with just one line in lighttpd.conf.

Lets get a running start… Make sure KeepAlive is set to ‘On’, HostnameLookups is ‘Off’ and comment out most of the modules loaded in your default Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, other bloated distribution’s choice for default modules. Most of them you won’t need or want to have available. You’ll probably need rewrite and php, …