This lighttpd module provides for mapping different parts of the host filesystem in the document tree. You can use it for mapping various directories. For example cgi-bin directory mapped to /var/lib/cgi-bin. The alias module is used to specify a special document-root for a given url-subset..

Configuration:

Open your lighttpd configuration file:

	# vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Append the add mod_ alias to list of server modules:

	server.modules = ( "mod_alias" )

Examples:

Add cgi-bin alias for domain theos.in:

	alias.url = ( "/cgi-bin/" => "/home/lighttpd/theos.in/cgi-bin/" )

Browse all documents installed at /usr/share/doc/ directory with following alias:

	alias.url = ( "/docs/" => "/usr/share/doc/" )
	alias.url += ( "/stats/" => "/home/apps/http/webalizer/" )

Open a browser and type url http://server.ip/docs/ or http://your-domain.com/docs/