C++ lightweight web server under Linux, project source: TinyWebServer
Configuring the environment (preparing for downloading code, compiling and running)
1. Install VMware
VMware official website
Select the product and click Workstation Pro
Download the trial version (note: you need to register your own account on the official website)
After the download is complete, double-click the exe file
Click next
After agreeing to the agreement, click Next
Change the installation path and click “Next”
Click “Next”
Click “Next”
Click “Install”
Click “Done”
After that, VMware is installed successfully, double-click to open it from the desktop.
Fill in “JU090-6039P-08409-8J0QH-2YR7F” in the “I have a license password for VMware Workstation 17 (H)” order box, and then click “Continue”.
Click “Done”
You can use WMware normally after that
2. Download Ubuntu installation image
Ubuntu official website
Click Download
Click Get Ubuntu Desktop
Scroll down to download 22.04.3
As shown in the picture after downloading
3. Install Ubuntu system
Click to create a new virtual machine in VMware
Select Custom and click Next
Click next
Import Ubuntu and click Next
Fill it out
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Click Finish
Enter VMware and select Start this virtual machine:
Choose whether to set the language to Simplified Chinese as needed. I will directly select English here, and then Install Ubuntu (install Ubuntu):
Kyeboard Layout (keyboard layout) defaults to:
Updates and other Software (updates and other software) Here, it is recommended to remove Download updates while installing ubuntu (download updates during installation) and install third-party software for graphics and wi-Fi hardware and additional media formats (for graphics and Wi-Fi hardware and additional media formats) Fi hardware and other media formats (install third-party software), you will not download a lot of content here, but you can avoid problems such as the browser not being able to open videos, pictures, etc. in the future years of use.
Because it is an installed virtual machine, just select Erase disk and install Ubuntu (erase disk and install Ubuntu) here.
Just choose China
Set computer name, password, etc.
After the installation is complete, click Restart:
enter the system
4. Install and configure mysql
Open in terminal
Install database
Enter the following in the terminal
# Install mysql sudo apt upgrade & amp; & amp; sudo apt install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev # Enter mysql sudo mysql -u root #Create user - configure it according to your needs create user 'starry'@'%' identified by 'root'; #Give the new user full permissions grant all on *.* to 'starry'@'%'; # Exit mysql exit # Set up mysql remote connection sudo vim /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf # Change to bind-address = 0.0.0.0 # Restart mysql service sudo service mysql restart
Table creation
# Enter mysql
sudo mysql -u root
#Create database yourdb
create database yourdb;
# Use database yourdb
use yourdb;
#Create user table
CREATE TABLE user(
username char(50) NULL,
passwd char(50) NULL
)ENGINE=InnoDB;
# adding data
INSERT INTO user(username, passwd) VALUES('name', 'passwd');
Check mysql status
systemctl status mysql.service
You can use the following command to view the table and its contents:
show databases; //You can view the current database show users; select *from user;
You need to enter the mysql environment first, and then use the above command
Enter mysql:
sudo mysql -uroot -p
5. Download the code, compile and run
Download to local
Click to copy link
Clone to local using git
# If you don’t have git, use the following command (if you have git, ignore this step) sudo apt install git -y # Execute the following command to clone the project locally git clone https://github.com/qinguoyi/TinyWebServer.git
At this time, the TinyWebServer folder appears on the desktop
Enter the project, modify the main.cpp file configuration, and execute make
cd Tinywebserver vi main.cpp make
First, you need to confirm that the database in main.cpp is the same as your mysql database configuration.
View database name and password
cd /etc/mysql sudo vim debian.cnf
Then open main.cpp and modify the corresponding configuration (click main.cpp directly in the TinyWebServer folder to modify)
Compile Tinywebserver (compile and run)
cd Tinywebserver
sh ./build.sh
Error encountered during compilation: fatal error: mysql.h: No such file or directory
Solution: Install the link library apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
Error encountered while compiling: g++ Compiling: No such file or directory
Solution: install g++
sudo apt-get install g++
Run the executable file and access the project
# Run ./server # Open the browser and visit http://127.0.0.1:9006/
Open the browser in VMware, enter the URL and visit
At this point, the project runs successfully.