lighttpd daemon failed to start after adding python support to read from cgi-bin

Question

getting python to run from cgi-bin causes lighttpd daemon failed to start

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/cgi-bin/" {
    alias.url += ( "/cgi-bin/" => "/var/www/cgi-bin" )
    cgi.assign = (".py" => "/usr/bin/python")
}

Am I doing something wrong I also have below added in the beginning of /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

server.modules = (
        "mod_indexfile",
        "mod_setenv",
        "mod_access",
        "mod_alias",
        "mod_redirect",
        "mod_cgi"
)

Answer 1

Look in the lighttpd error log and review the trace for what you broke.

Alternatively, run lighttpd pre-flight tests on your config: lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf