hello there, i really have a big problem. i don't have any idea how to create a web server in linux...
i have created a socket server that sends hello world to it's client and another socket server that echoes the clients request..is there a way that out of these socket server, i could make a web server that accepts large files and is in http protocol..

According to my experience, i have a web server too with mandriva 2006 as operating system.
So far, mandriva is the easiest linux that i ever try & reliable enough.

If you are using mandriva, this is several things to do
- Make sure you have BIND packets (bind, bind utils, caching-nameserver)
- Make sure Apache & mysql are already installed & configured correctly
- Go to webmin, click on server
- Set it up by inputing Name server, Public IP address, reverse zone, mail, etc.
- To check is your config work or not, type in console dig @xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx domain.com any
- If the answer has no errors, you've done it right...

bad thing is, im not using mandriva 2006... T_T

Install apache or Lighttpd. There are lots of howto's out there. You need to establish if your isp allows requests on port 80 which is the standard http port. Make sure you have a good firewall. You would then have to configure your internet interface to forward requests on port 80 to your public ip address to the server ip address. This is a synopsis of what is required. I have a page on my adsl server that deals with this topic and provides some useful links.

From your opening post, I understand that you wrote those servers yourself. IF so, is that what you want to do again?

Or do you indeed want to setup a webserver from existing components (as assumed by the others)?

out of the socket server that i have created, is there a way that i could use them to create a web server???

Why in the world would you want to? The 'wheel' has already been created, why reinvent it?

Keith

Yes, you can build your own webserver. It just requires a study of the HTTP protocol. Enjoy, it will keep you busy for a while.

Advanced Linux Programming contains a simple webserver that you can use as a start. You can download the book.

Maybe as a configuration tool? You don't need a full fledged webserver for that.

Because it's part of my training. I have no choice. I have to reinvent the wheel, or recreate the world blah blah blah...

Is there a Beginners Linux Programming like this?

Sorry for derailing the topic slightly

@Virtuality
Do you need a programming howto in general, or do you have programming experience and like to advance to Linux specifics? For the latter, I found the Linux Programming Bible by John Goerzen very usefull. But you have to buy it. And as I bought it, I never searched the internet for info.

@jaepi
nweb: a tiny, safe Web server (static pages only)

Thank you Wim Sturkenboom. This is a big help.