HTTPD(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  HTTPD(8)

NAME

       httpd, echo - HTTP server

SYNOPSIS

       http/httpd [ -n namespace ] srvname netname netdir

       http/echo [ -n namespace ] [ -d domain ] [ -r remoteip ] method version uri [ search ]

DESCRIPTION

       Httpd  serves  the file system described by namespace (default /lib/namespace.http), using version 1.0 of the HTTP protocol.  It is usually
       executed by listen(8) in response to an incoming call on TCP port 80, the HTTP port.  Srvname is the name of the service invoked, typically
       tcp80, netname is the name of the network, typically TCP, and netdir is the network directory for the connection.

       Httpd  supports only the GET and HEAD methods of the HTTP protocol.  The Content-type (default application/octet-stream) and Content-encod-
       ing (default binary) of a file are determined by looking for suffixes of the file name in /sys/lib/http.

       If the requested URI begins with /magic/server/, httpd executes the file /bin/http/server to finish servicing the  request.   Method,  ver-
       sion,  and  uri	are  those  received  on  the first line of the request, which is the only line read by httpd before executing the magical
       server.

       Echo is a trivial server that just returns the method, URI, any search, and the headers sent by the client.

FILES

       /sys/lib/http
	      content type description file

       /lib/namespace.http
	      default namespace file for httpd

SOURCE

       /sys/src/cmd/httpd

SEE ALSO

       newns in auth(2), listen(8)

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