Either a light-weight web server for embedded systems, or a web server embedded within an application
Questions tagged [embeddedwebserver]
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What are the limitations of the flask built-in web server
I'm a newbie in web server administration. I've read multiple times that flask built-in web server is not designed for "production", and must be used only for tests and debug...
But what if my app touchs only a thousand users who occasionnaly send…

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How can I create an HttpListener class on a random port in C#?
I would like to create an application that serves web pages internally and can be run in multiple instances on the same machine. To do so, I would like to create an HttpListener that listens on a port that is:
Randomly selected
Currently…
Avid Programmer
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Print something in PHP built-in web server
In python built-in web server when use print in function, it prints result in terminal ...
for example:
Django version 1.3.4, using settings 'parsicore.settings'
Development server is running at http://0.0.0.0:8000/
Using the Werkzeug debugger…

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Setting environment variables with the built-in PHP web server
PHP 5.4 supports a built-in web server for development purposes. The app we are developing is configured via environment variables.
With Apache you'd do this:
SetEnv FAVORITE_COLOR white
With the normal CLI you can do this:
$ export…

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Third-Party Signed SSL Certificate for localhost or 127.0.0.1?
Without divulging TOO much information, I need to setup a web server system that is intended to be used by end users all over the internet.
the use case is such that:
end users are (usually) in their homes behind their local firewalls when…

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C/C++ - Any good web server library?
Are there any open source, fast web server libraries? Thanks.

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Is it possible to create a standalone, C# web service deployed as an EXE or Windows service?
Is it possible to create a C# EXE or Windows Service that can process Web Service requests? Obviously, some sort of embedded, probably limited, web server would have to be part of the EXE/service. The EXE/service would not have to rely on IIS…

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Embedded Jetty looking for files inside its Jar file
I successfully embedded Jetty on a test application. It can serve files without issues.
Now I want to know if it's possible for Jetty to serve files that are inside its own Jar file.
Does anyone know if that's possible?

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Embedding a lightweight web server into a .net application (node.js)?
I have a project built with Awesomium built in .NET and it requires the use of Flash. Flash throws security errors trying to access local content (video player) and the solution(s) Awesomium offers have not been ported to the .NET wrapper yet. I'm…

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Make a CD run once
We're doing an "Amazing Race" kind of event, and thought it would be cool to have CDs that could only play once... like a "this message will self destruct in 5 seconds..."
Any thoughts on how to do this? I was thinking it could be a compiled HTML…

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Embedded Web Server in Python?
Can you recommend a minimalistic python webserver that I can embedded in my Desktop Application.

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Spring Boot + GWT embedded configuraiton
I want to configure Spring Boot Embedded Servlet Container + GWT. The way I want is either create a jar/war file that just contains the compiled gwt files & static resources. I want to load jars from lib/* and config files from classpath.
I couldn't…

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Embedded (ASP.NET) web server
I am looking for a light-web embeddable web server for .NET.
I need it to fake a SOAP web-service for automated testing, so it is a big plus if it supports ASP.NET web-services or another easy way to create SOAP web-services. Extra bonus points for…

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Using Maven to Deploy on Embedded Tomcat with a Datasource
I have a multi module maven web application, which uses hibernate.
I use the tomcat:run goal in order to run it on the embedded tomcat server of maven. Everything works fine so far.
But now I need to switch from an explicite jdbc configuration in…

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which embedded web server to use for my app GUI
I'm writing an application in c++ and I was thinking to use an embedded simple web server that will be my gui, so i could set up my application port on localhost.
What such web server would you recommend to use in c++/c?
Thanks

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