Anthracite

A simple web server written in C++

Module-Based Backends

Anthracite includes (read: will include) system for allowing different "backend modules" to handle requests. This allows for anthracite to be extended for additional use-cases. For example, the following backends could be implemented:

• File: Return files from a directory
• Reverse Proxy: Pass the request to another server
• Web Framework: Pass the request into an application built on your favorite web framework

Building & Debugging

Once you have the repository cloned, you can run the following command to build Anthracite:

make build

It will create a binary file named ./anthracite

To save time, you can use the following command to build and run anthracite on port 8080:

make run

To save time again, you can use the following command to build and debug anthracite in gdb:

make debug

Usage

Run the following commands to serve all files located in ./www/:

./anthracite [PORT_NUMBER]

Todo

• Serve HTML Pages
• Properly parse HTTP requests
• Add module-based backend system for handling requests
• Cleanup (this one will never truly be done)
• Proper error handling
• Flesh out module-based backend system for handling requests
• Fix glaring security issues
• Faster parsing
• Multithreading
• Speed optimizations such as keepint the most visited html pages in memory
• Cleanup codebase
• Enable cache support
• Support newer HTTP versions

Screenshots

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