42 Webserv

Webserv is a project from School 42 aiming to implement an HTTP server in C++ according to the specifications of the HTTP/1.1 protocol (see RFC2616).

Features

• Handling of GET, POST, DELETE requests
• Support for standard HTTP headers
• Management of virtual servers
• Support for persistent connections
• Handling of static and dynamic files
• Support for CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
• Configuration management via configuration files

Usage

Local

make
./webserv -l1 -c resources/webserv.conf

Docker

make build_image
make run_container

Open the following link in your browser to access the demo site: http://localhost:4243.

In the local version, remember to modify the paths to the Python and Bash CGI binaries in the configuration file to avoid getting 500 errors.

Options

./webserv -h                                                                                                                                            1 ↵ tdameros@Mac-hine
Webserv 1.0
Usage: webserv [options] *.conf
       webserv -c example.conf
Options:
  -h, --help                Show this help message.
  -l, --log-level=LEVEL     Set the logging level (LEVEL between 0 and 4).
                            DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL
  -f, --log-file=FILE       Specify the log file (FILE).
  -c, --log-color           Enable colored logging output.
  -s, --syntax              Check the syntax of the configuration file.

Screenshots

Running Tests

The tests use Python along with Siege to conduct stress tests on the web server.

make test

Documentation

• Configuration files
• RFC2616