Lighttpd crashes when I try to install ssl certs, and edit external.conf

[deHakkelaar]

@virgilio

sudo /usr/sbin/lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf; echo 0 gives me the following output:

2022-10-17 01:03:03: (mod_openssl.c.2671) ssl.pemfile has to be set in same $SERVER["socket"] scope as other ssl.* directives, unless only ssl.engine is set, inheriting ssl.* from global scope
2022-10-17 01:03:03: (server.c.1282) Initialization of plugins failed. Going down.
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Check below thread and solution:

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