WebServer

A webserver coded with c/c++ working on linux

1. Introduction

This is a static webserver, which was coded with c/c++ on linux. It hanles GET requests to generate responses with resources.

Files supported:

• htm/html
• js
• css
• jpg/jpeg
• png
• other plain text files

Here is the frame diagram of my project.

With regard to log system, I use a double buffer async log system, here is the log diagram of it.

2. Dependences

• gcc/g++
• cmake

3. How to build

You could build this project in a specific directory, such as build. Here is an example below.

mkdir && cd build

cmake ..

In this process, if an error occurred with topics about cmake version, you should modify CMakeLists.txt and set a suitable value of cmake_minimum_required according to your environment. Then you're able to move on now.

make

sudo make install

sudo is neccessary because some directories like /usr/ and /var/ might be out of auth.

4. How to run

Once you have built the project, you can run the excutable file webserver now. sudo is neccessary also.

sudo ./webserver

5. WebBench

If you want to test the server, webbench has already been included.

cd webbench && make

You will get an excutable file webbench. Then run it with some params. More information can be found in webbench/README.md. Here is an example, which means it simulates 200 clients using HTTP/1.1 to request the url in 30 seconds.

./webbench -c 200 -t 30 -2 http://127.0.0.1:your_port/

6. Todo

Since the project is build by such a begginer like me, there are still many works to do. Here is the list.

• post method
• Structure Modify
• Memory Pool
• Performance Improvement