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Lighttpd 1.4.69 / PHP 8.3.6 on TinyCore 16.2

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corbelr:
Hi All,

This is my very first post  :)

For many reasons, I built a QEMU virtual 16.2 TinyCore machine, running on an Ubuntu 24.04, 6.14.0-35-generic kernel. Among other things, I wanted to install a fresh Lighttpd 1.4.69/PHP8.3, that is, by compiling the source code, installing and configuring the software. I learned *lots* of things in the process about TinyCore, which is very funny to deal with.

If someone is interested, please let me know so I drop a few replies to sum up the process.

Best Regards,

RC

gadget42:
now that you've built it, what are you going to do with it?

corbelr:
I'm going to enforce access protections, by implementing techniques offered by Lighttpd itself and SSL certificate-based authentication. I've already done that on "richer" systems, like OpenBSD, RaspiOS and Ubuntu. It never has been easy. So I expect to learn a lot by trying this on TinyCore.

Juanito:
You didn’t want to use the existing lighthttpd and php extensions?

corbelr:
In fact, I do. But what truly interested me in that exercise was adapting Lighttpd for a system definitely not suitable at first sight. For instance, compiling and installing Lighttpd 1.4.69 does not install /etc/lighttpd and its subdirectories (conf-available, conf-enabled,...etc.). You have to build the whole thing by hand. And don't forget /etc/mime.types ;-) That's how I discovered that marvellous little program, /usr/bin/filetool.sh - with a correct /opt/.filetool.lst (another bloody challenge), you keep everything ok for the next boot. TinyCore is very funny, I love it !

Next steps : buying a DV certificate and activating https for accessing the server from the internet. With another SSL certificate backed by a genuine e-mail address, I'll try to restrict access to the server to those browsers/apps able to negociate a encrypted, secure session with the certificate. Interesting, isn't it ? Of course, I don't invent or create anything. The game simply consists in playing with a system not designed for that kind of exercise.

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