Salient

Simple http webserver written in rust.

Features

• - Multithreading.
• - Easy set up with the config file.
• - No known vulnerabilities.
• - Cache code or get on the fly.
• - Statistics.

Build and install

    git clone https://github.com/GreatC0der/salient.git
    cd salient
    cargo install --path .

Just to check run:

    salient-http

It shall print a link. Click on it and you shall see the message!

Usage

Move your website files to www folder. Run salient-http. Config will be generated in default folder for configs, for example ~/.config on linux.

Config

• address - Address of web server.
• double_dot_defence - Restrict access out of www derictory.
• caching - If enabled data will be taken from the memory, if disabled data will be loaded from a file every time it's requested.
• statistics - Count requests.
• statistics_output_delay - if number of requests is devisible by this value it will be displayed.
• thread_limit - How many threads should be used to handle requests?