klassmann / http-lua

HTTP Server in C for single Lua application with epoll support.

http-lua

HTTP Server in C for single Lua application with epoll support.

The project is intended to be a reference for articles that I am writing for my blog. It is a small HTTP server in C that uses epoll, signalfd, and embedded Lua. The idea is to be used as a standalone application server. It can be used for study purposes, to serve as a reference, and for fun.

Articles linked to this repository

• More Advanced Examples of Embedding Lua in C

Features

• Support basic HTTP requests and responses
• Application written in Lua. Change app.lua script.
• Event control with epoll() for signals and socket
• Tested with 2048 clients connected per second (tested with Apache Benchmark ab)

TODO

• Remove the fixed date time in the HTTP responses
• Improve memory management
• Add arguments options to
  • change port
  • max connections
  • script file
  • script entrypoint

Dependencies

- CMake >= 2.8.11
- Lua 5.3
- epoll (libc)

Building

On Linux with CMake, by default, it will use Makefile. Go inside the project's folder:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

License

Apache 2.0