GazTek HTTP Daemon
by Gareth Owen
gaz@athene.co.uk
http://members.xoom.com/gaztek
NOTICE: I would very much appreciate it if you would contact me before you
re-distribute modified code, and include credits to me in the
modified code. You are requried to include credit to me in any
redistribution of this code by law (under the GPL) but you are not
required to contact me, but I would just like you to so that I know
about it, I won't deny you permission, since I cannot do that.
(and wouldn't anyway)
NEW IN VERSION 1.4:
- This version now supports inetd and virtual hosts, see the configuration file (ghttpd.conf) for details on how to set these up.
- Lots of cgi fixes and other bug fixes.
- Quite a few routines replaced with faster ones.
- ghttpd now changes to user nobody after initialization.
ghttpd is a fast and efficient HTTP server that has CGI support.(no post support, only get) ghttpd has a small memory inprint and is capable of handling thousands of simultanious connections. It is ideal for large and small websites. It is very simple to configure with only a few options to change if changing is needed at all. You can have ghttpd up and running within two minutes easily because of its very simple configuration file and installation routine. ghttpd will run on the majority of UNIX systems but has not been tested on any other platform (by me that is) other than GNU/Linux (kernel=2.2.3).
Below is the Installation instructions and the usage instructions
Installation
Firstly you will need to edit ghttpd.conf that contains the few options that may need to be modified. After that just do this:
make
[su -] (if not already root)
make install
(ghttpd is installed into /usr/local/ghttpd) To execute ghttpd just type 'ghttpd' at the shell prompt, if you wish the computer to run ghttpd on start-up automatically then you just need to insert 'ghttpd' into the startup file.
RedHat Startup file is: /etc/rc.d/rc.local Just append a line to the file with simply 'ghttpd' on it.
Usage
ghttpd will have been installed into /usr/local/ghttpd All you need to do to run it is go to that directory and type ghttpd, then just use a webbrowser to connect to your computer and then you should get the default page come up, if this works then everything is ok !
Initially all the documents are stored in /usr/local/ghttpd/htdocs and all the CGI files are stored in /usr/local/ghttpd/cgi-bin. You can change these locations by editing /etc/ghttpd.conf if you wish.
The configuration file (/etc/ghttpd.conf) has many other options for you to fiddle with aswell if you want to. If you want to setup ghttpd for virtual hosts or to use inetd then please read /etc/ghttpd.conf
A log file is recorded everytime someone connects to the server, this log file is /usr/local/ghttpd/ghttpd.log It is quite readable, unlike some others that I have seen.
QUICK 'GET-UP WEBSITE INSTRUCTIONS'
- Make your website
- Install ghttpd as documented above
- Copy your website to /usr/local/ghttpd/htdocs
Thats it.
Gareth Owen
gaz@athene.co.uk
http://members.xoom.com/gaztek/