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Extend prose about server .exes
author Adam Chlipala <adamc@hcoop.net>
date Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:47:23 -0500
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12 <p>These project files can also be built separately. For example, you could run 12 <p>These project files can also be built separately. For example, you could run
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14 <blockquote><pre>urweb demo/hello</pre></blockquote> 14 <blockquote><pre>urweb demo/hello</pre></blockquote>
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16 to build the "Hello World" demo application. Whether building the pieces separately or all at once with the <tt>-demo</tt> flag, a standalone web server executable is generated. The <tt>-demo</tt> command line will generate <tt>demo/demo.exe</tt>, and the other command line will generate <tt>demo/hello.exe</tt>. Either can be run with a single argument, an integer specifying how many request handler pthreads to spawn. The server accepts requests on port 8080.</p> 16 to build the "Hello World" demo application. Whether building the pieces separately or all at once with the <tt>-demo</tt> flag, a standalone web server executable is generated. The <tt>-demo</tt> command line will generate <tt>demo/demo.exe</tt>, and the other command line will generate <tt>demo/hello.exe</tt>. Either can be run with no arguments to start a single-threaded server accepting requests on port 8080. Pass the flag <tt>-h</tt> to see which options are available.</p>
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18 <p>The <tt>-demo</tt> version also generates some HTML in a subdirectory <tt>out</tt> of the demo directory. It is easy to set Apache up to serve these HTML files, and to proxy out to the Ur/Web web server for dynamic page requests. This configuration works for me, where <tt>DIR</tt> is the location of an Ur/Web source distribution. 18 <p>The <tt>-demo</tt> version also generates some HTML in a subdirectory <tt>out</tt> of the demo directory. It is easy to set Apache up to serve these HTML files, and to proxy out to the Ur/Web web server for dynamic page requests. This configuration works for me, where <tt>DIR</tt> is the location of an Ur/Web source distribution.
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20 <blockquote><pre>Alias /demo/ "DIR/demo/out/" 20 <blockquote><pre>Alias /demo/ "DIR/demo/out/"
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