Webserv project

Goal:

Write own implementation of web server like nginx one with next capabilities:

• custom configs
• multiple servers handling at one or different ip:port pairs
• multiple client-server connections
• simple CGI
• multiple routes in server, error pages, redirects and max client body size paramets
• GET, POST and DELETE methods with HTTP/1.1 version of requests

Language: C++98

Result

• Structured code with object-oriented principles splitted by 5 parts:
  • Config
  • Core
  • Http
  • CGI
  • Utils
• Custom configs with multiple servers with next parameters:
  • ip and port
  • server_name
  • max client body size
  • locations:
    • uri
    • root
    • index
    • autoindex
    • allowed methods
    • cgi
    • redirect
• Multiple servers at one or different ip:port socket
• Multiplexing with low-level select function for non-blocking sockets problem-solving
• GET, POST and DELETE methods
• Autoindex pages
• Execution of simple CGI bash scripts or binaries
• Simple thread-unsafety logger to console and file

Runtime

Webserv.mp4

Contributors

PP189B	Uliana-So	AliceFromWardenfell
HTTP + requests processing + default pages	Config + CGI + Kvast website	Client-server connections, multiplexing and etc.

Testing

Current configuration

• Kvast website at http://kvast.webserv.local

• Test website at webserv.local:8888

• Default website at default.webserv.local:8888

(P.S. you need to configure domains in hosts file of your system for testing)

Configurating

Use this template for adding new server:

server
    ip   <...>
    port <...>
    server_name   <name1> <name2> <name3>
    max_body_size <number in bytes>
    location <uri>
        root      <...>
        index     <...>
        cgi       <...>
        redirect  <...>
        method    <m1> <m2> <m3>
        autoindex <on/off>
    location <uri>
        ...

Build and run

make

./webserver [path_to_config]