SSL with Lighttpd

Lighttpd installation
Lighttpd needs to be configured and compiled with SSL enabled:

After lighty has been installed, you can confirm that it has been compiled with ssl enabled:

SSL Configuration

Edit /service/lighttpd/root/lighttpd.conf and add:

Redirect http to https
How to Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
Enable mod_redirect in your lighttpd.conf:

• redirect everything
  $HTTP["scheme"] == "http" {
    # capture vhost name with regex conditiona -> %0 in redirect pattern
    # must be the most inner block to the redirect rule
    $HTTP["host"] =~ ".*" {
        url.redirect = (".*" => "https://%0$0")
    }
}
• specific url
  
  $HTTP["scheme"] == "http" {
  $HTTP["host"] =~ ".*" {
    url.redirect = ("^/phpmyadmin/.*" => "https://%0$0")
  }
}
• only for specific vhost and url
  
  $HTTP["scheme"] == "http" {
  $HTTP["host"] == "sth.example.com" {
    url.redirect = ("^/phpmyadmin/.*" => "https://sth.example.com$0" )
  }
}