The tinyest http server

this tiny http server needs systemd to run (available in most linux distros) it listens for input socket connections and returns html pages

usage

compile

gcc micro_httpd.c -o micro_httpd

place into binary

as root

mv micro_httpd /usr/sbin/micro_httpd

enable as a service

as root

cp micro_httpd.s{ocket,ervice} /etc/systemd/system/
ln -s /etc/systemd/system/micro_httpd.socket /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/micro_httpd.socket
systemctl start micro_httpd.socket
systemctl status micro_httpd.socket

test

echo "GET / HTTP/1.1" | /usr/sbin/micro_httpd /home/gaspard/www/

• http://localhost:8912 will be serving /home/gaspard/www/

uninstall

as root

rm /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/micro_httpd.socket \
  /etc/systemd/system/micro_httpd.s* \
  /usr/sbin/micro_httpd

debug

as root

systemctl status micro_httpd.socket
systemctl status micro_httpd.service