Getting Started

This server uses socket functions that will only compile on Linux (may possibly compile on BSD variants or other UNIX-like operating systems).This server is not compliant with the HTTP Protocol as it does not implement all of the required headers, security features, or any caching whatsoever. It is for educational purposes only. It currently implements from HTTP/1.1:

• Status Line
• Date Header
• Content-Type Header
• Content-Length Header

And is compatible with these filetypes:

• text/html
• text/css
• application/javascript
• image/png
• image/jpeg
• image/gif
• image/x-icon

Step 1:

Export the root directory of the website you want to serve as an environment variable: export WEBSITE_ROOT="{website_dir}". Save this in your ~/.bashrc or an equivalent shell config file to make this permanent

Step 2:

Configure CMake to build your executable in the 'build' directory: cmake -S "${workspaceFolder}" -B "${workspaceFolder}/build" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug Optionally, you can change the name of the executable in CMakeLists.txt as well as some other customization options

Step 3:

Build the executable: cmake --build ${workspaceFolder}/build

Step 4:

Navigate to the build directory and run the executable: ./BugHTTPServer

Your website should now be accessible at 127.0.0.1:8080