HTTPD


Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Physical System

3 Numerical Implementation

4 Using This Thorn

4.1 Obtaining This Thorn

4.2 Basic Usage

4.3 Special Behaviour

4.4 Interaction With Other Thorns

4.5 Support and Feedback

5 History

5.1 Thorn Source Code

5.2 Thorn Documentation

5.3 Acknowledgements

References

6 Parameters




encryption_scheme
Scope: private  KEYWORD



Description: How the password is encrypted



Range   Default: none
none
Not encrypted
crypt
crypt(3) (standard UNIX passwd format)






hunt
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Should the server hunt for a port if the specified one is taken ?



  Default: yes






password
Scope: private  STRING



Description: The password for Cactus Control



Range   Default: anon
.*
Any password






pause
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Pause ?



  Default: no






port
Scope: private  INT



Description: HTTP port number to use (can be overridden by shell variable HTTPD_PORT)



Range   Default: 5555
1:65535
Any valid port






provide_pages
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Should the server provide any pages ?



  Default: yes






queue_length
Scope: private  INT



Description: Listen queue length



Range   Default: 4
1:
Any positive number






refresh_seconds
Scope: private  INT



Description: Page refresh time seconds



Range   Default: -1
-1:
-1 for no refresh, 0 for immediate refresh






single_step
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Do one step then pause ?



  Default: no






steering_frequency
Scope: private  INT



Description: How many iterations between steering events



Range   Default: 1
0:
Any number, 0 means don’t steer






terminate
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Kill the simulation ?



  Default: no






timeout_seconds
Scope: private  INT



Description: Polling timeout seconds



Range   Default: (none)
0:
Any whole number






timeout_useconds
Scope: private  INT



Description: Polling timeout micro-seconds



Range   Default: (none)
0:
Any whole number






until_expression
Scope: private  STRING



Description: Pause if this expression evaluates to true.



Range   Default: iteration+40 < time*100
.*
Any expression






until_expression_active
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Use until_expression parameter ?



  Default: no






until_it
Scope: private  INT



Description: Pause at this iteration



Range   Default: (none)
:
Any iteration






until_it_active
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Use until_it parameter ?



  Default: no






until_time
Scope: private  REAL



Description: Pause after this simulation time



Range   Default: (none)
:
Any time






until_time_active
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Use until_time parameter ?



  Default: no






use_pthreads
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Use a threaded implementation if possible ?



  Default: yes






user
Scope: private  STRING



Description: The username for Cactus Control



Range   Default: anon
.+
Any name of one or more characters






verbose
Scope: private  BOOLEAN



Description: Print information about HTTP requests



  Default: no






cctk_final_time
Scope: shared from CACTUS REAL






cctk_initial_time
Scope: shared from CACTUS REAL






cctk_itlast
Scope: shared from CACTUS INT



7 Interfaces

General

Implements:

httpd

Inherits:

socket

Adds header:

Auth.h to http_Auth.h

Cookies.h to http_Cookies.h

Steer.h to http_Steer.h

Content.h to http_Content.h

Uses header:

SocketUtils.h

8 Schedule

This section lists all the variables which are assigned storage by thorn CactusConnect/HTTPD. Storage can either last for the duration of the run (Always means that if this thorn is activated storage will be assigned, Conditional means that if this thorn is activated storage will be assigned for the duration of the run if some condition is met), or can be turned on for the duration of a schedule function.

Storage

NONE

Scheduled Functions

CCTK_STARTUP

  http_startup

  http daemon startup group

 

 Options:global
 Type: group

HTTP_Startup

  http_startserver

  start http server

 

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 Options: global
 Type: function

HTTP_Startup

  http_setuppages

  group to setup stuff which needs to be done between starting the server and the first time it serves pages

 

 After:http_startserver
 Type:group

HTTP_Startup

  http_firstserv

  serve first pages at startup

 

 After: http_setuppages
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 Options: global
 Type: function

CCTK_POSTSTEP

  http_work

  working routine

 

 Before: ioutil_updateparfile
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 Options: global
 Type: function

CCTK_POSTSTEP (conditional)

  http_contentwork

  content working routine

 

 Language:c
 Options: global
 Type: function

CCTK_SHUTDOWN

  http_shutdown

  http daemon shutdown

 

 Language:c
 Options: global
 Type: function