Hi,
That's a big topic, but here's a whack at it :
A web server supports the HTTP (and maybe CGI and Servlet) protocols.
It has a thread constantly running that waits in a loop, listening on
port 80 (or other if configured) (thiink ServerSocket in Java), for HTTP
requests. For each request, it spawns a new thread to handle the request.
The handler thread is passed an open socket connection (Socket in Java)
to the client. It parses the HTTP request and fulfils it if possible by
returning
the HTML file / image / text file / other resource requested. The data is
written to the socket connection so it ends up reaching the client, which
may be a web browser or a custom app. After each request is serviced,
the connection is closed.
That was just the basic model. Most real servers will have plenty of
improvements / optimizations on this. E.g. - preforking processes/
threads to handle requests (improves perf), using HTTP 1.1 persistent
connections, implementing a cache, etc. etc. You can search the Web
for some sample Web server code implementations - there are quite
a few floating around.
Regards
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Vasudev Ram
Infosys Technologies Limited
Pune, India
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nitin Gogia [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 12:13 PM
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> Subject: Internals of Web Server....
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> Can anyone tell me about the architecture (working) of any Web
> Server....about how it works ?
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> Nitin
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