GSG-Webhosting

This repo will create a simple express based webserver you can use on any system with nodeJS installed.

Install

Clone this repo Check if NodeJS & npm are installed
run npm i
rename .env.example to .env
run node ./index.js

.env

environment - You can choose build or dev.
log - You can choose true or false this will log all requests.
maxlogsize - The size of the logfile (Rotating logfile).
maxlogage - The time when the logfile should rotate.
enablehttps - You can choose true or false this will enable HTTPS, you´ll need a certificate and privat key.
behindproxy - You can choose 0 or 1, use 1 if you are behind cloudflare or apache/nginx proxy.
enableplugins - You can choose true or false this will load plugins if you need a REST Backend.
enableblocking - You can choose true or false this will prevent file acces to the files listed in block.list (example: /index.html)
webport - The webserver port this app should lisen to.

Plugins

For more informations about plugins see https://github.com/EBG-PW/EBG-API-Plugins/blob/master/README.md

SSL / HTTPS

You need a certificate and privat key.
Put those 2 files into the ssl folder with the name cert.cert and cert.key.
Edit .env to enable https.

Benchmarks

Requests per seconds:
HTTP: ~3000 reg/sec
HTTPs: ~ 350 reg/sec

Utilization during the benchmark was ~9% CPU
Using only 25% of one Ryzen 3950X core can serve ~350 reg/sec over HTTP and ~70 reg/sec over HTTPS.

Test System:
CPU: Ryzen 3950X
RAM: 64GB @ 3600mhz

To-DO

• Add HTTPS support.