webserv

HTTP server written in C++

Installing

git clone https://github.com/henpatsi/webserv.git
cd webserv
make

Running

./webserv [config_name]

Config setup

server {
 [server setting]: [value]

 location [route] {
   [route setting]: [value]
 }
}

Server settings

• host - ip address
• port
• name - name of the server
• connection_timeout - time (s) until a client times out, after this a 408 response is attempted and the client is disconnected
• session_timeout - time (s) until a session times out, including this enables sessions through cookies
• size_limit - maximum request body size
• error_page - custom error page for all errors (400 and 500 codes), can contain <%ERROR%> which is replaced by the error code

Route settings

• root - the root path for the route, relative to webserv
• allowedMethods - request methods allowed by the route
• dirListing - if true, GET requests to directories lists their content
• index - if dirListing is false, GET requests to directories get this file in directory
• acceptUpload - whether uploads to this route through POST requests are accepted or not
• uploadDir - the directory to which uploads through POST to this route are stored
• redirect - the location to which requests to this route should be redirected to (temporary redirect 307)
• CGI - a space separated list of allowed cgi types, defined by extension