Embedded web application stack

Created: by Pradeep Gowda — Updated:Aug 01, 2024 — Tagged: embedded · lua .

As I discussed previously, we will get down to installing the components of the stack. For easy recognition, i call this stack – rugosa.

File system structure

We are going to put the rugosa stack under the $HOME directory.


    $ cd
    $ mkdir rugosa && cd rugosa
    $ mkdir -p bin etc logs run src sbin www/cgi-bin
    $ cd src
    # get lua and compile it
    $ wget -c http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
    $ tar -zxvf lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
    $ cd lua-5.1.4
    $ make linux
    $ cd $HOME/rugosa/src
    # get haserl and compile it
    $ wget -c http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/haserl/haserl-devel/0.9.27/haserl-0.9.27.tar.gz
    $ tar -zxvf haserl-0.9.27.tar.gz
    $ cd haserl-0.9.27
    $ ./configure --enable-luashell --with-lua=/home/pradeep/rugosa/src/lua-5.1.4/src/ --with-lua-headers=/home/pradeep/rugosa/src/lua-5.1.4/src/
    $ make
    $ cp src/haserl ../../bin
    $ cd $HOME/rugosa/src
    # get thttpd and compile it
    $ wget http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/thttpd-2.25b.tar.gz
    $ tar -zxvf thttpd-2.25b.tar.gz
    $ cd thttpd-2.25b
    $ ./configure
    $ make
    $ cp thttpd $HOME/rugosa/sbin
    $ cp cgi-bin/* $HOME/rugosa/www/cgi-bin
    $ cd $HOME/rugosa
    $ cat > etc/thttpd.conf
        port=8080
        dir=$HOME/rugosa/www
        nosymlink
        cgipat=/cgi-bin/*
        host=0.0.0.0
        logfile=$HOME/rugosa/logs/thttpd.log
        pidfile=$HOME/rugosa/run/thttpd.pid
        ^d
        # run the server. I'm keeping the port no. high so that you don't need supervisor permissions, yet.
        $ thttpd -C etc/thttpd.conf

visit http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/printenv. If you see the CGI environ variables printed, your thttpd is up and serving CGI content!

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