This is a simple multithreaded web server implemented in C++ using the Asio library. It supports basic route management, logging (similar to Nginx access logs), and secure file serving from a designated folder.

• Route management: Define custom routes that respond to specific HTTP requests.
• File provider: Serve static files from a folder (/public by default) with proper path sanitization to prevent directory traversal attacks.
• Logging: Logs HTTP requests in the Nginx-style access log format, with both console and file logging.
• Multithreading: Each request is handled in a separate thread to improve performance.

• Xmake build system
• C++17 or later
• Asio (provided by xmake)

git clone <repository-url>
cd <repository-folder>

If you don't have Xmake installed, you can install it by following the instructions from the Xmake website.

After installing Xmake, you can build the project by running:

xmake

This will compile the project and generate the executable in the build directory.

Once the project is built, run the server:

xmake run WebServer

The server will start listening on port 8080 by default. You can access it via http://localhost:8080.

• / - Responds with a welcome message: "Welcome to the homepage!"
• /about - Responds with "This is the about page."
• /public/* - Serves static files located in the ./public folder. Example: http://localhost:8080/public/file.txt.

Logs are saved in an access.log file in the project root directory. Logs follow the Nginx access log style:

<client-ip> - - [timestamp] "GET <route>" <status>

Example:

127.0.0.1 - - [18/Oct/2024:14:32:45 +0000] "GET /about" 200 OK

You can define your own custom routes in the main() function:

server.addRoute("/custom", []() {
    return "This is a custom route!";
});

To serve files securely, define a route prefix (like /public) and a folder to serve files from. For example:

server.addFileProviderRoute("/public", "./public");

This will serve files located in the ./public folder at the URL /public/<filename>.

This project is open-source and licensed under the MIT License.