Configuration file

Syntax

Tables	Arguments	Scope	Purpose
server_name	= string ;	server	Setup the name of the server which determine which block is used for a given request, by default "webserv (42) v0.1-dev"
host	= string ;	server	Setup the host of the server, by default "127.0.0.1"
port	= int ;	server	Setups the port listened by the server; by default 3000 assigned to the first server if undefined
index	= string ... ;	server, location	Defines the index file’s name, by default "index.html" if undefined for the first server
root	string ;	server, location	Setups the root path, by default "." for servers
error_pages	int ... = string	server, location	Setups the error pages
read_timeout	= int ;	server	Customizes the timeout reading a request, by default -1
client_header_size	= int ;	server	Client HTTP Request header size limit, 2048 by default
server_body_size	= int ;	server	Limits the size of the request body by the server, 2048 by default
body_max_size	= int ;	server	File upload size limit, 2048 by default
methods	= string ... ;	location	Setups a list of HTTP methods accepted by the location, empty by default
rewrite	int string string ;	location	Setups an HTTP redirection with a redirect_code, url, redirect_url; throws an error if the redirect_code isn't 3xx
auto_index	on/off ;	location	Enables directory listing, by default off
cgi_enable	on/off ;	location	Enables the use of CGI, by default off
cgi_extension	= string ... ;	location	For which file extensions CGI is enabled
cgi_timeout	= int ;	location	Customizes the timeout for a CGI execution, by default -1
send_file	on/off ;	location	Enables direct copying data from one file descriptor to another instead of writing to a buffer first, by default off
file_limit	= int ;	location	Customizes the maximum size of a file in megabytes, by default 5000
max_amount_of_request	= int ;	server	Customizes the maximum amount of requests handled at the same time by the server, by default 100
max_uri_size	= int ;	server	Customizes the maximum size of the URI size handled by the server, by default 100, throws an error if inferior to 30