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This is the bare minimum config file required to run pylons under
Lighttpd - assuming you are running the paster web server. Drop this
into [/etc/lighttpd/sites-enabled/]{.title-ref} and make sure it ends
with \".conf\"

    $HTTP["host"] =~ "(^|www\.)my-pylowiki-site\.com$" {
        server.document-root = "/dev/null"

        # proxy to pylowiki's paster process on port 5000
        proxy.server = (
            "" => (
                ( "host" => "127.0.0.1", "port" => 5000, )
            )
        )
    }

## foxhop — [Jul 08, 2011 08:38 pm](https://foxhop.net/f34ad534-2f95-11f1-b8af-e86a64d24d78/pylons-lighttpd-deployment#f5283b9f-2f95-11f1-87a5-e86a64d24d78)

Thank you very much `chooper <http://www.foxhop.net/account/chooper>`\_
! This could be very useful for somebody in the future


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