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lighttpd -tt performs config validation and preflight startup checks
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lighttpd -1 process single (one) request on stdin socket (e.g. xinetd)
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lighttpd -i
graceful shutdown after of inactivity
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config file supports include file globs (e.g. include “conf.d/*.conf”)
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server.bsd-accept-filter (“httpready”, “dataready”)
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server.error-handler to handle 4xx and 5xx status
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server.http-parseopt-header-strict restrict chars allowed in HTTP headers
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server.http-parseopt-host-strict restrict chars allowed in HTTP Host
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server.http-parseopt-host-normalize normalize HTTP Host header
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server.listen-backlog to configure socket listen backlog
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server.max-request-size is now scopeable (no longer one global setting)
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server.stream-request-body to control streaming, buffering of request
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server.stream-response-body to control streaming, buffering of response
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server.upload-dirs will retry in remaining dirs in list if disk full
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accesslog.format now supports %a %A %C %D %k %{}t %{}T
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evasive.location for 302 redirect option if limit reached
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url.rewrite and url.redirect now short-circuit if replacement is blank
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url.access-allow for explicit list of allowed suffixes; deny others
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mod_cgi handles local redirect response if Location: /path?query
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REDIRECT_URI is set for internal redirects (cgi, magnet, rewrite, errdoc)
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REDIRECT_STATUS is set to http error status for error docs
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mod_indexfile sets PATH_TRANSLATED_DIRINDEX if target URL begins w/ ‘/’
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“listen-backlog” to configure socket listen backlog for FastCGI, SCGI
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X-Sendfile for CGI and SCGI (in addition to FastCGI)
