Project 3: Secure Webserver

Uses Websockets and C++ to make a webserver that lets users broadcast messages.

Dependencies

Ubuntu 18.04
zaphoyd/websocketpp
sqlite3, nodejs, npm, wscat plugin
libsqlite3-dev
OpenSSL 1.1.1a
Crypto++ 5.6.1
Boost 1.68.0

My Workspace

I worked on the project using on Windows Sub Linux.

Setup workspace

Install WSL:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
Update & upgrade Ubuntu: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Create workspace

mkdir cpp-secure-webserver  
cd cpp-secure-webserver

Download zaphoyd/websocketpp into workspace git clone https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp.git

Install nodejs

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Install necessary programs sudo apt-get install g++ make sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libcrypto++-dev libcrypto++-doc libcrypto++-utils -y

Install latest OpenSSL 1.1.1a

wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1a.tar.gz
tar xzvf openssl-1.1.1a.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.1.1a
./config -Wl,--enable-new-dtags,-rpath,'$(LIBRPATH)'
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

Install npm plugin for CLI websocket client sudo npm install -g wscat

Install Boost 1.68.0
https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp/wiki/Build-on-debian

cd /usr/local
sudo wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.68.0/source/boost_1_68_0.tar.gz
sudo tar xvfz boost_1_68_0.tar.gz
cd /usr/local/boost_1_68_0
mkdir libbin
./bootstrap.sh --prefix=libbin
./b2 install

Add /usr/local/boost_1_68_0/libbin/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf
Run ldconfig: sudo ldconfig

Build from source

Just use the make file. It took a while for me to get it to work. I haven't tested it in an actual Linux environment, but I guess it'll work too. WSL Ubuntu is basically Ubuntu.

Run Server & Client