webserv

This is an HTTP web server written in C++.

Usage

1. clone repo
2. make && ./webserv [settings_file_path] (if no settings file is specified, the default server.conf will be used)

Server configuration file

Directives:

• server => block directive delimiting each server's settings.
• listen => the server will listen on this port. Must be a number.
• server_name => the name of the server.
• client_max_body_size => limits the maximum size of the request body, in bytes. Must be a number.
• error_page => allows you to set a custom error page for each response status code. The format is status_code path_to_page.
• location => block directive delimiting each location's settings. These are configurations for processing URIs beginning with the specified location path.
  • root => replaces the location path with the root path.
  • index => default file to return if the request target is a directory.
  • autoindex => can be on or off. If it is on, and there is no index directive, this will list the contents of the requested directory.
  • accept => allowed methods for this location.
  • redirect => the format is status_code new_location. A request to this location will redirect to the location specified by new_location.
  • cgi => the format is file_extension absolute_path_to_cgi_executable. If this directive is present, all files ending with file_extension will be handled by the cgi programme specified in path_to_cgi_executable.

Settings file example:

 server {
 
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    error_page 404 ./www/404_custom.html;
    location / {
        root ./www/;
        accept GET POST DELETE;
        upload ./www/upload/;
        index index.html;
    }
    
    location /formula1 {
        root ./www/formula1;
        accept GET POST DELETE;
        autoindex on;
        cgi .php /Users/xxx/webserv/cgi-bin/php-cgi;
        cgi .py /usr/bin/python3;
    }
    
    location /coche {
        accept GET;
        redirect 301 /formula1/;
    }
}