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I'm trying to deploy my flask web app using lighttpd. I created this hello.fcgi file

#!/usr/bin/python
from flup.server.fcgi import WSGIServer
from hello import app

if __name__ == '__main__':
    WSGIServer(app).run()

And python file is hello.py

I added these lines at the end of the /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf. I wanted it to be accessible from http://localhost:7777.

$SERVER["socket"] == ":7777" {
    fastcgi.server = ("/hello.fcgi" =>
        ((
            "socket" => "/tmp/hello-fcgi.sock",
            "bin-path" => "/var/www/html/py/hello.fcgi",
            "check-local" => "disable",
            "max-procs" => 1
        ))
    )

    alias.url = (
        "/static/" => "/var/www/html/py/static"
    )

    url.rewrite-once = (
        "^(/static($|/.*))$" => "$1",
        "^(/.*)$" => "/hello.fcgi$1"
    )
}

I also enabled enable the FastCGI, alias and rewrite modules. All the files of my web app is located inside /var/www/html/py/ folder including hello.py , hello.fcgi and the "static" folder.

Then I restarted lighttpd and tried to visit http://localhost:7777 but my browser says "This site can’t be reached".

What is wrong here and how can I fix it?

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  • I don't use lighttpd but have you tried accessing it using http://127.0.0.1 rather than localhost? because generally, websites use virtual hosts to determine what the website should be accessible on which is different than 'listening' on all interfaces (IP addresses). Apr 17, 2019 at 14:34
  • @SimonHayter Just tried http://127.0.0.1:7777 , stll not working Apr 17, 2019 at 14:48
  • @user8481790 check that lighttpd is actually running. It sounds like lighttpd is not running. Check the lighttpd error.log. There might be a syntax error in the config. Run lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf -tt to have lighttpd test and pre-flight the config (which will report errors to stderr, if errors are encountered).
    – gstrauss
    Feb 7, 2020 at 5:34

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