A custom webserver built from scratch with Rust

This server allows for file browsing the host's file system.

It is a simple web server built from the ground up using Rust.

The server is designed to demonstrate basic networking concepts, HTTP request handling, and multi-threading in Rust.

Supported paths

• /fs: Shows all the files in a given host's directory
• /sleep: Serves a basic static html page after a 5 seconds delay. Useful for demonstrating the multithreaded behavior of the server
• /: Welcome page which links to other pages

Features

• Serve the file system
• Basic HTTP request/response handling
• Multi-threaded requests handling, capped at 4 threads
• Custom routing and static file serving
• Built with Rust's std::net, std::thread, and std::io libraries

Prerequisites

Before you can run the web server, you need to have the following:

• Rust installed
• A terminal

Installation and execution

1. Clone the repo
2. Build and run the project with cargo run --release
3. Open http://localhost:7878 on a browser