Lighty2Go README
Lighty2Go v1.3
Version Info
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- LightTPD 1.4.18
- MySQL 5.0.50
- PHP 5.2.5
- MiniPerl 5.8.8
- OpenSSL 0.9.8g
- phpMyAdmin 2.11.4
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For more information, an online version of this
README can be found here:
http://www.lighty2go.com/lighty2go-readme/
::::EXTRACTING::::
You should now be able to extract Lighty2Go to any location even if the path contains spaces.
::::RUNNING LIGHTY2GO::::
Once you have Lighty2Go extracted here is how you get it started:
Step 1 - Run “Start-Lighty2Go.exe” and it will set the correct path(s) and create .bat files for the Lighty2Go Services.
Step 2 - Once “Start-Lighty2Go.exe” has completed you will see the Lighty2Go “traytool” in your system tray.
::::USING THE TRAYTOOL::::
You can start / stop / and check the servers as well as open the default index, phpinfo, or phpMyAdmin page.
When you are done, select the Shutdown option to; stop the server(s), delete the files, and close the tray tool.
**Optional** The last place you can to go to ‘clean up’ is to the \LightTPD\logs folder and empty out any entries in both files.
####NOT USING THE TRAYTOOL####
Left Click on the tray tool icon and select exit. Then continue by using the directions below.
Step 3 - To start the servers, run Start-Lighty.bat, then Start-MySQL.bat. Both windows can be closed once run.
You can also run Start-Both-Servers.bat to launch both LightTPD and MySQL together.
To verify that the servers are started and running, run Check-Servers.bat and see if they report that they are up and active.
Step 4 - Once both servers are up and running you can open a browser and to go either http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 and test Lighty2Go.
There is a test index.html page there that should load, and any content that you want served up should be placed in \Lighty2Go\HTDOCS.
####STOPPING LIGHTY2GO####
To stop using Lighty2Go just run the Stop-Lighty.bat or Stop-MySQL.bat files to stop either of the servers individually.
Or, you can run Stop-Both-Servers.bat to shut-down both lighty and mysql together.
Once you have run the stop files you can re-run Check-Servers.bat to verify that the servers have stopped.
####CLEANING UP####
i.e. “Keep it light”
When you are done using your instance of Lighty2Go let’s clean up and keep it light for portability.
Run the “Clean-Up.bat” file and you should be left with just the README.txt and “Start-Lighty2Go.exe” files
in the root folder of Lighty2Go like when it was un-zipped.
**Note** You can accomplish both stopping the servers & cleaning up by running Shutdown.bat
**Optional** The last place you can to go to ‘clean up’ is to the \LightTPD\logs folder and empty out any entries in both files.
That’s it - Hope you try it and enjoy it.
–Tom