Https server with cpp-netlib

Question

How can one use cpp-netlib to implement a HTTPS-server?

• cpp-netlib can be used as a HTTP server (see service selector, handler and main in my example code).
• With boost::asio setting up a SSL connection is not too hard (see my attempt at SSL).
• cpp-netlib accepts a boost::asio::io_service via the options provided to the constructor (cpp-netlib reference)

The following questions stop me from combining asio SSL and cpp-netlib:

• Both SSL via asio and cpp-netlib use an asio acceptor that listens to a port (e.g. 80 or 443) and then a separate session for the actual connection.

  I assume that for HTTPS:

  1. You use the asio ssl acceptor
  2. Which instantiates a connection
  3. Then perform the SSL handshake over this connection, and finally
  4. Have cpp-netlib serve HTTP over this connection

  But how can I separate cpp-netlib's HTTP connection handler from the acceptor is uses?

• Or does one pass a io_service from the asio SSL connection? If so, which one? Or are they all the same?

• Or is there a completely different route to take?

Answer 1

The most recent release of cpp-netlib contains a working example. You'll find it in cpp-netlib-0.11.1RC2/libs/network/example/http/ssl. The github files are there: https://github.com/cpp-netlib/cpp-netlib/tree/0.11-devel/libs/network/example/http/ssl

You have to use an async_server.

Answer 2

A long shot, but have you tried the following:

• #define BOOST_NETWORK_ENABLE_HTTPS
  before including the boost network http client.

• Make sure OpenSSL is in the compiler path.