still pihole answering 
//
pls share your config file
cat /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
There is no need to do screen prints. You can simple copy you SSH output as txt
now config file isn’t found
did you removed? Ok let’s create a new one
nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
An empty file shoud open now. copy all of the following. Use the Select all button
server.modules = (
"mod_indexfile",
"mod_setenv",
"mod_access",
"mod_alias",
"mod_redirect",
"mod_accesslog",
)
server.document-root = "/var/www"
server.upload-dirs = ( "/var/cache/lighttpd/uploads" )
server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
server.pid-file = "/var/run/lighttpd.pid"
server.username = "www-data"
server.groupname = "www-data"
server.port = 80
accesslog.filename = "/var/log/lighttpd/access.log"
# strict parsing and normalization of URL for consistency and security
# https://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Server_http-parseoptsDetails
# (might need to explicitly set "url-path-2f-decode" = "disable"
# if a specific application is encoding URLs inside url-path)
server.http-parseopts = (
"header-strict" => "enable",# default
"host-strict" => "enable",# default
"host-normalize" => "enable",# default
"url-normalize-unreserved"=> "enable",# recommended highly
"url-normalize-required" => "enable",# recommended
"url-ctrls-reject" => "enable",# recommended
"url-path-2f-decode" => "enable",# recommended highly (unless breaks app)
#"url-path-2f-reject" => "enable",
"url-path-dotseg-remove" => "enable",# recommended highly (unless breaks app)
#"url-path-dotseg-reject" => "enable",
#"url-query-20-plus" => "enable",# consistency in query string
)
index-file.names = ( "index.php", "index.html" )
url.access-deny = ( "~", ".inc" )
static-file.exclude-extensions = ( ".php", ".pl", ".fcgi" )
compress.cache-dir = "/var/cache/lighttpd/compress/"
compress.filetype = ( "application/javascript", "text/css", "text/html", "text/plain" )
# default listening port for IPv6 falls back to the IPv4 port
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/use-ipv6.pl " + server.port
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/create-mime.conf.pl"
include "/etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/*.conf"
#server.compat-module-load = "disable"
server.modules += (
"mod_compress",
"mod_dirlisting",
"mod_staticfile",
)
created the file.
[?1l>root@DietPi:~# systemctl restart lighttpd.service
Job for lighttpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See “systemctl status lighttpd.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details.
root@DietPi:~# systemctl status lighthh[Kttpd.service
Unit lighthttpd.service could not be found.
root@DietPi:~# systemctl status lighthttpd.service
Unit lighthttpd.service could not be found.
be careful. there are typos on your status command it is systemctl status lighttpd.service
let’s try to verify whats wrong
/usr/sbin/lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
sorry, ssh output wasn’t working.
//
[0;1;31m●[0m lighttpd.service - Lighttpd Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: [0;1;31mfailed[0m (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-12-30 22:47:37 GMT; 9min ago
Process: 814 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf [0;1;31m(code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)[0m
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: Stopped Lighttpd Daemon.
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: [0;1;39m[0;1;31m[0;1;39mlighttpd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.[0m
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: [0;1;39m[0;1;31m[0;1;39mlighttpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.[0m
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[0;1;39m[0;1;31mFailed to start Lighttpd Daemon.[0m
root@DietPi:~#
pls test the configuration
/usr/sbin/lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
root@DietPi:~# /usr/sbin/lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
2020-12-30 22:58:50: (configfile.c.1296) source: /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf line: 2 pos: 30 parser failed somehow near here: url-path-dotseg-remove
root@DietPi:~#
how does the config file looks like now
cat /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
should i do another pihole -r for restoring an functional webserver?
//
root@DietPi:~# cat /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
"url-path-dotseg-remove" => "enable",# recommended highly (unless breaks app)
#"url-path-dotseg-reject" => "enable",
#"url-query-20-plus" => "enable",# consistency in query string
)
index-file.names = ( "index.php", "index.html" )
url.access-deny = ( "~", ".inc" )
static-file.exclude-extensions = ( ".php", ".pl", ".fcgi" )
compress.cache-dir = "/var/cache/lighttpd/compress/"
compress.filetype = ( "application/javascript", "text/css", "text/html", "text/plain" )
# default listening port for IPv6 falls back to the IPv4 port
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/use-ipv6.pl " + server.port
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/create-mime.conf.pl"
include "/etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/*.conf"
#server.compat-module-load = "disable"
server.modules += (
"mod_compress",
"mod_dirlisting",
"mod_staticfile",
)
root@DietPi:~#
no, pls share the information requested
done.
//
ah i see, config hasn’t fully been pasted.
//
how do i edit the existing file?
edited the file, still not starting.
root@DietPi:~# cat /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
server.modules = (
"mod_indexfile",
"mod_setenv",
"mod_access",
"mod_alias",
"mod_redirect",
"mod_accesslog",
)
server.document-root = "/var/www"
server.upload-dirs = ( "/var/cache/lighttpd/uploads" )
server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
server.pid-file = "/var/run/lighttpd.pid"
server.username = "www-data"
server.groupname = "www-data"
server.port = 80
accesslog.filename = "/var/log/lighttpd/access.log"
# strict parsing and normalization of URL for consistency and security
# https://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Server_http-parseoptsDetails
# (might need to explicitly set "url-path-2f-decode" = "disable"
# if a specific application is encoding URLs inside url-path)
server.http-parseopts = (
"header-strict" => "enable",# default
"host-strict" => "enable",# default
"host-normalize" => "enable",# default
"url-normalize-unreserved"=> "enable",# recommended highly
"url-normalize-required" => "enable",# recommended
"url-ctrls-reject" => "enable",# recommended
"url-path-2f-decode" => "enable",# recommended highly (unless breaks app)
#"url-path-2f-reject" => "enable",
"url-path-dotseg-remove" => "enable",# recommended highly (unless breaks app)
#"url-path-dotseg-reject" => "enable",
#"url-query-20-plus" => "enable",# consistency in query string
)
index-file.names = ( "index.php", "index.html" )
url.access-deny = ( "~", ".inc" )
static-file.exclude-extensions = ( ".php", ".pl", ".fcgi" )
compress.cache-dir = "/var/cache/lighttpd/compress/"
compress.filetype = ( "application/javascript", "text/css", "text/html", "text/plain" )
# default listening port for IPv6 falls back to the IPv4 port
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/use-ipv6.pl " + server.port
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/create-mime.conf.pl"
include "/etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/*.conf"
#server.compat-module-load = "disable"
server.modules += (
"mod_compress",
"mod_dirlisting",
"mod_staticfile",
)
root@DietPi:~#
root@DietPi:~# cat /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[Csystemctl status lighttpd.service
[0;1;31m●[0m lighttpd.service - Lighttpd Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: [0;1;31mfailed[0m (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-12-30 22:47:37 GMT; 25min ago
Process: 814 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf [0;1;31m(code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)[0m
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: Stopped Lighttpd Daemon.
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: [0;1;39m[0;1;31m[0;1;39mlighttpd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.[0m
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: [0;1;39m[0;1;31m[0;1;39mlighttpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.[0m
Dez 30 22:47:37 DietPi systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[0;1;39m[0;1;31mFailed to start Lighttpd Daemon.[0m
root@DietPi:~#
running again.
even tasmoadmin works now. much appreciate your help with a noobie like me. thank you very much!
root@DietPi:~# systemctl restart lighttpd.service
root@DietPi:~# systemctl restart lighttpd.service[1Pstatus[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C
[0;1;32m●[0m lighttpd.service - Lighttpd Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: [0;1;32mactive (running)[0m since Wed 2020-12-30 23:14:14 GMT; 1s ago
Process: 2333 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 2339 (lighttpd)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 2182)
CGroup: /system.slice/lighttpd.service
└─2339 /usr/sbin/lighttpd -D -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Dez 30 23:14:13 DietPi systemd[1]: Starting Lighttpd Daemon...
Dez 30 23:14:14 DietPi systemd[1]: Started Lighttpd Daemon.
root@DietPi:~#
ok I guess some copy / past issues on creating the new file?
i created a new config file. seems like copy & paste issue.
everything started with pihole -r.
again, many thanks for helping out with my problem, appreciate it!
be careful using pihole -r. It hast 2 option. One can damage your entire web server as PiHole assume being alone on the world and try to configure the web server alone for PiHole usage.