httpserver

Simple HTTP server.

Build

You can use cmake tool to build.

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

I use custom makefile. Just make:

make -f Makefile.msys

The folder build will be created with server application.

Configuration

Server uses simple configuration file config.ini:

# domain name, default value = localhost
host=localhost

# port number, default value = 80
port=8080

# site directory, default value = ./html
root_dir=./html

Start

The project contains default site folder html, you can customize files in it. For running do:

make -f Makefile.msys start

And access http://localhost:8080 from your browser.

Docker version

You also can try to use docker version. Just build image and run container:

docker build -t httpserver .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name httpserver httpserver

The site is placed int the /html directory by default, you can mount your own site directory:

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -v /path/to/your/site:/html --name httpserver httpserver

Docker Compose is also supported:

docker-compose up -d

TODO

• config file
• check config
• start arguments
• definitions to config file
• proxy
• logging
• prevent Directory Traversal attacks
• validate HTTP request size
• buffer overflows prevention
• HTTP headers validation
• multi-threading
• fix socket leaks
• graceful shutdown