Tiny Web server Dave O'Hallaron Carnegie Mellon University

This is the home directory for the Tiny server, a 200-line Web server that we use in "15-213: Intro to Computer Systems" at Carnegie Mellon University. Tiny uses the GET method to serve static content (text, HTML, GIF, and JPG files) out of ./ and to serve dynamic content by running CGI programs out of ./cgi-bin. The default page is home.html (rather than index.html) so that we can view the contents of the directory from a browser.

Tiny is neither secure nor complete, but it gives students an idea of how a real Web server works. Use for instructional purposes only.

The code compiles and runs cleanly using gcc 2.95.3 on a Linux 2.2.20 kernel.

To install Tiny: Type "tar xvf tiny.tar" in a clean directory.

To run Tiny: Run "tiny " on the server machine, e.g., "tiny 8000". Point your browser at Tiny: static content: http://:8000 dynamic content: http://:8000/cgi-bin/adder?1&2

Files: tiny.tar Archive of everything in this directory tiny.c The Tiny server Makefile Makefile for tiny.c home.html Test HTML page godzilla.gif Image embedded in home.html README This file
cgi-bin/adder.c CGI program that adds two numbers cgi-bin/Makefile Makefile for adder.c