serverbuild.md

Goal of this article

• Use cppweb to build a simple http server and https server

Script installation tutorial

linux available

1. git clone https://gitee.com/chenxuan520/server-for-static-web.git

2. ./install.sh

3. Fill in the port and other information

4. Server running

   Fill in the information

5. Fill in the bound port (eg 5200)

6. Fill in the default html file name (index.html) of the web page

7. Fill in whether to run in the background (true or false)

8. Fill in whether to use daemon (true or false)

Modify the configuration method (recommended)

Both windows and linux are available

1. git clone https://gitee.com/chenxuan520/server-for-static-web.git

2. make (make -f makefile.win under windows)

   If you have https certificate, you can also make ssl

3. Modify config.json,introduction

4. ./main

Information Description

• If not running in the background, the shell will end together

• The daemon process can ensure fast restart after downtime

Change setting

• Modify config.json directly

• ./main --reload

stop the server

• ./main --stop

Specify the configuration file

• ./main --config=(file name)

View help

• ./main --help

Build https service

illustrate

1. Used to modify the configuration method, the script method is invalid

2. You need to install openssl in advance

    sudo apt install openssl libssl-dev

1. Get the certificate

openssl self-signed (for testing)

openssl genrsa -des3 -out privkey.pem 2048
openssl req -new -key privkey.pem -out cert.csr
openssl req -new -x509 -key privkey.pem -out cacert.pem -days 1095

Get ssl certificate using domain name

1. The acquisition path is the domain name purchase place or freessl

2. Download the certificate for nginx, including a pem and a key

3. Convert key to pem

openssl rsa -in (key name).key -out (new name).pem

2. Modify config.h

• Change the values of "cert path" and "key path" to the certificate path

• if there is no password comment the line "cert password"

3. Compile and run

1. make ssl

2. ./main