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Install Packages
pkg_add -v ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/packages/i386/fcgi-2.4.0p2.tgz
pkg_add -v ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/packages/i386/lighttpd-1.4.13p2-mysql.tgz

Example /etc/lighttpd.conf For PHP
$HTTP["host"] == “www.<example>.com” {
   server.document-root = “/www/sites/<example>.com/www/”
   index-file.names = ( “index.php” )
   server.error-handler-404 = “/index.php”
fastcgi.server = ( “.php” =>
   ( “localhost” =>
      (
         ”socket” => “/tmp/php-fastcgi.socket”,
         ”bin-path” => “/usr/local/bin/php-fcgi”
      )
   )
)
}

Example /etc/lighttpd.conf For Ruby on Rails
$HTTP["host"] == “www.<example>.com” {
   server.indexfiles = ( “index.html” )
   server.error-handler-404 = “/dispatch.fcgi”
   server.document-root = “/Rails/public”
   fastcgi.server = (”.fcgi” => ( “<example>” =>
      ( “min-procs” => 1,
         ”max-procs” => 5,
         ”socket” => “/tmp/rails-<example>.fastcgi”,
         ”bin-path” => “/Rails/public/dispatch.fcgi”,
         ”bin-environment” => ( “RAILS_ENV” => “production” )
      )
   ))
}

Start Daemon on Server Startup, Add to rc.local
if [ -x /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd ] ; then
  echo ‘Lighttp’
  /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd.conf
fi

Direct all clean traffic using an exact match on the host.

$HTTP["host"] == “www.<example>.com” {
   server.document-root = “/www/sites/<example>.com/www/”
}

Trap all traffic not directed to the main site (regex non-match), then filter remaining traffic headed to the correct domain with the wrong host (regex) and redirect to the main site.

$HTTP["host"] !~ “^(www|mail)\.(<example>\.com)$” {
   $HTTP["host"] =~ “(^|.*\.)<example>\.com” {
      url.redirect = ( “^/(.*)” => “http://www.<example>.com/” )
   }
}

This is an effective defensive technique to guard against redundant content bombing in which a competitor submits URLs containing different hosts with the same domain to search engines making it appear as if the target site has several pages of identical content

Install Packages
pkg_add -v ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/packages/i386/fcgi-2.4.0p1.tgz
pkg_add -v ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/packages/i386/lighttpd-1.4.11-mysql.tgz

Example /etc/lighttpd.conf For PHP
$HTTP["host"] == “www.<example>.com” {
   server.document-root = “/www/sites/<example>.com/www/”
   index-file.names = ( “index.php” )
   server.error-handler-404 = “/index.php”
fastcgi.server = ( “.php” =>
   ( “localhost” =>
      (
         ”socket” => “/tmp/php-fastcgi.socket”,
         ”bin-path” => “/usr/local/bin/php-fcgi”
      )
   )
)
}

Example /etc/lighttpd.conf For Ruby on Rails
$HTTP["host"] == “www.<example>.com” {
   server.indexfiles = ( “index.html” )
   server.error-handler-404 = “/dispatch.fcgi”
   server.document-root = “/Rails/public”
   fastcgi.server = (”.fcgi” => ( “<example>” =>
      ( “min-procs” => 1,
         ”max-procs” => 5,
         ”socket” => “/tmp/rails-<example>.fastcgi”,
         ”bin-path” => “/Rails/public/dispatch.fcgi”,
         ”bin-environment” => ( “RAILS_ENV” => “production” )
      )
   ))
}

Start Daemon on Server Startup, Add to rc.local
if [ -x /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd ] ; then
  echo ‘Lighttp’
  /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd.conf
fi