We finally understand why an url starts with HTTP

Webserv

A simple web server from scratch, based on nginx. You can setup multiple virtual server, root requested inside filesystem, use CGI and server a static website. All configuration is done via a configuration file.

Installation

  git clone https://github.com/titi-rex/webserv.git 
  cd webserv
  make
  ./webserv [file]

If started without argument, webserv will use conf/example.conf file as default, which start server with a minimal configuration on port 8080. You may need to tweaks the dir_prefix directive.

Features

• Serve a fully static website
• Execute CGI based on file extension
• Handle multiple CGI
• Support file upload
• Autoindexing
• Default error page
• Handle GET, HEAD, POST and DELETE
• HTTP redirection
• Can listen on multiple port
• Fully non-blocking without multithreading

Configuration

Configuration directive, one directive by line except for server and location block , words after # are ignored

For example see conf/example.conf

dir_prefix: prefix to use for all path in configuration file

body_size_limit: limit client request body size (default :1024, max : *)

error_page: use a custom error page for a specific code

server : define a (virtual) server block directive, you can define as much server as you want, even using the same host:port. Server will be differentiated based on their name, first server is default server for an host:port

name : server names (default: "default")

host:port : which host and port to listen to

dir_cgi: path where cgi bin are located, must be set before other cgi directives

path_cgi: cgi to execute base on a specific extension

cgi_available: indicate which cgi are listed in dir_cgi, binary MUST be named as the extension

location: define a location block, location route requested ressource to their location on the server file system

root: root of the location (default: "data", can be used in server)

index: index to use (default: "index.html", can be used in server)

allow_method: restrict authorized method on this location

autoindex: enable/disable autoindexing

upload_dir: directory to save uploaded file (default: disabled)

return: HTTP redirection

Authors

• @Julien Moutoussamy
• @Louisa4124
• @titirex