Webserv

Table of contents

• Goal
• Requirements
• Resources

Goal

Code a HTTP server in C++ 98

Requirements

Server

• Configuration file as argument
• Server must never block and the client can be bounced properly if necessary
• Epoll
• NGINX is HTTP 1.1
• Accurate HTTP response status codes
• Common Gateway Interface : php
• File uploads
• GET POST DELETE
• Serve a fully static Website
• Resilience : must stay available at all cost

Configuration file

• Port and host of each ’server’
• Setup the server_names or not.
• Default error pages
• Limit client body size
• HTTP redirection
• Set up routes with one or multiple of the rules (cf Subject)

Bonus

• Multiple CGI : Python
• Cookies & Session Management

42 Project 125/100

This project was done with Charles M. and Francesco L.

Resources

RFC

• RFC 9112 actuellement la RFC standard
• RFC 7230
• RFC 7231
• Guide Http server

Sockets

• Basic socket programming
• Multiple clients

Status codes & Methods

• Choosing HTTP status code
• GET and POST
• DELETE
• Response status code for POST
• POST AND GET but better

Modèle OSI & TCP/IP

• Cookie Connecté Video claire
• OSI Model Wikipedia

nc & curl to test the Server

• Use of curl
• send a request avec nc
• send a request avec curl

Chunked transfer encoding

• Chunk request tester / resilience tester