Multithreaded web server prototype

This repo contains a simple web server prototype that can only serve text files on 'GET' requests. Requests are received via epoll and socket and then distributed among a thread pool's threads. A couple of classes are also covered with Boost unit tests.

Dependencies

• Linux (tested on kernel 5.4.95, Manjaro 20.2.1)
• Boost library v. 1.75 installed in system
• Ext Boost DI (from GitHub, see Preparations)
• Cmake (tested with version 3.19.4)

Preparations

1. While in the root dir, clone Boost Ext DI project to libs dir:

   git clone https://github.com/boost-ext/di.git libs/di

2. Fill defintions.h with suitable parameters:

   1. THREADS_COUNT - integer. It might be suboptimal to use more threads, that there are CPU cores
   2. WEB_ROOT - absolute path ending with '/'
   3. PORT_TO_LISTEN

3. Compile on all cores:

   $ cmake --build cmake-build-debug --target preview -- -j $(nproc)

4. Run with the following command:

   $ ./cmake-build-debug/preview 

Tests

1. Compilation:

   $ cmake --build cmake-build-debug --target preview_boost_tests -- -j $(nproc)

2. Running:

   $ ./cmake-build-debug/boost_tests/preview_boost_tests