Lighttpd web server with PHP support through Entware
First, setup Entware from github RMerl asuswrt-merlin guide.
Login to router with a terminal like putty and enter the commands below.
Additional the openwrt.org wiki helps with customization of the server.
opkg install lighttpd php5-cgi lighttpd-mod-fastcgi
sed -i 's/#server.port = 81/server.port = 81/g' "/opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf"
sed -i "/server.upload-dirs*/cserver.upload-dirs = ( \"/opt/tmp\" )" "/opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf"
or
# nano /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
and remove the commenting hash (#) prefix from the server.port line,
and change the line that starts with server.upload-dirs from /tmp to /opt/tmp.
cat >> /opt/share/www/index.html << EOF
<html>
<head>
<title>lighttpd default page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>lighttpd server is running.</h2>
</body>
</html>
EOF
or
# nano /opt/share/www/index.html
and copy and paste the html source code lines from the section above.
cat >> /opt/share/www/test.php << EOF
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
EOF
or by using your favourite text editor:
# nano /opt/share/www/test.php
by copying and pasting only the php source code section from above.
/opt/etc/init.d/S80lighttpd start
Go to router.asus.com:81 and if you see this page, the lighttpd web server is configured correctly:
lighttpd server is running.
Go to router.asus.com:81/test.php and if you see this page, the php-mod-fastcgi is configured correctly
opkg install nano
nano /jffs/scripts/firewall-start
Paste these lines
#!/bin/sh
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 81 -j ACCEPT
Save with Ctrl+O, Enter, and exit nano with Ctrl+X
Give it firewall file the correct file permissions
chmod a+rx /jffs/scripts/firewall-start
Go to Port forwarding page and redirect port 80 to 81, after reboot you should have access from wan.
Youtube video here
Post issues here