A simple web server with some configuration knobs, for use in practicing configuration.
The server emits a page that contains its version, followed by a greeting, followed by the value specified in request path.
A request path of /quit exits the server.
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Integer
portflag, default 8080. -
A hard-coded version const set to zero, change it to make ambiguous differences between binaries.
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Boolean flag
enableRiskyFeature, default false. If enabled, the greeting is italicized. -
Environment variable
ALT_GREETING. If set, the value overrides the default greeting Hello.
Instructions to containerize the hello server are here.