httpserver

httpserver is a simple UNIX HTTP server implementing most of the features of HTTP 1.0 standard. It's written in C and was tested on Linux, Solaris.

Requests are handled by threads (libpthread used) to the maximum count defined in the configuration. CGI scripts are not supported currently.

Download

source - run make to compile on Linux or gmake SYS=solaris to compile on Solaris
Linux x86 binary

Configuration

The server can be configured in httpserver.conf file.

DOC_ROOT             HTTP server root directory (e.g. /home/michal/www)
CGI_BIN_DIR          subdirectory of DOC_ROOT, where CGI scripts will be run (not yet implemented)
PORT                 server port (e.g. 80 or 1825)
MAX_CONNECTIONS      maximal count of threads that are handling requests
SERVER_SOFTWARE      server description
SERVER_ADMIN         server admins's email address 
DEFAULT_TYPE         default Content-Type (e.g. 'text/plain')
LOG_FILE             log file
MAX_PENDING_CONNECTIONS     number of clients waiting in a queue (backlog parameter of listen())

Running

./httpserver (./httpserver.conf will be used as a configuration file)
./httpserver -f <conf_file>

Screenshots & Log

Sample page retrieved from httpserver:

Part of a log file:

09-29-06 11:20:06|GET /personal/index.html HTTP/1.1|localhost.localdomain|Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060921 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.7
09-29-06 11:20:06|GET /personal/style.css HTTP/1.1|localhost.localdomain|Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060921 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.7
09-29-06 11:20:06|GET /personal/img/mkrss-gtk.png HTTP/1.1|localhost.localdomain|Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060921 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.7
09-29-06 11:20:06|GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1|localhost.localdomain|Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060921 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.7
09-29-06 12:01:35|GET /programs/mkrss.html HTTP/1.0|localhost.localdomain|Wget/1.10.2
09-29-06 12:02:40|GET /programs/mkrss.html HTTP/1.0|localhost.localdomain|Wget/1.10.2
09-29-06 11:20:16|GET /personal/index.html HTTP/1.1|localhost.localdomain|Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060921 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.7
09-29-06 11:20:16|GET /personal/style.css HTTP/1.1|localhost.localdomain|Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060921 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.7