Tinywebserver, implements three kinds of web servers, aims to benchmark the performance of concurrent models - prefork, multi-thread, and IO-multiplex. Tinywebserver is built upon the demo program in the textbook Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, and extends to the multi-thread and epoll models.
Tinyserver is by no means a production software. However, it surpports a number of basic functions, e.g. handling requests of plain text, html, jpeg, gif, and cgi.
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Install:
$ cd src/ $ make
If installed correctly, three tinyservers would be generated, tinyserver_prefork, tinyserver_thread, and tiny_epoll, respectively. In addition, a demo cgi program would be built in the directory cgi-bin.
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Uninstall
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Usage
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To start. ./tinyservername port. For example,
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To stop.
$ Ctrl+C -
Typing URL in your browser.
- request for static webpages, type URL directly, e.g. http://localhost:8000/
- request for cgi, you can reach it directly by setting its parameters, e.g. http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/adder?4&2. Alternatively, reaching it via its corresponding form page, e.g. adder.html
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Benchmark using third-party facilities Each tinyserver program could be benchmarked by regular test tools, e.g. Apache AB
enjoy!