Web Server

A multi-process HTTP 1.1 Server implemented in C, records apache-like access logs.

This software is released under MIT license.

Prerequisite

• clang
• clangd
• make
• bear
• doxygen

RUNNING

The web server runs on Ubuntu-20.04 x86_64.

To start the server, run the following command:

$ ./httpd [-r DOCUMENT_ROOT] [-l ACCESS_LOG] [-p PORT]

To stop the server, just press Ctrl+C on the command line.

options:

• -r DOCUMENT_ROOT : set document root (default: www)

• -l ACCESS_LOG : set access log (default: access.log)

• -p PORT : listen port PORT (default: 8088)

To show the version, run the following command:

$ ./httpd -v

BUILD

To build, run the following command:

$ make -j${nproc} all

TEST

To test, run the following command:

$ make check

API Docs

To generate api docs, run the following command:

$ make docs

Reference

• https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7230.html Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
• https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/en/logs.html Apache HTTP Server V2.4 Log Files