fileserver/lib/restbed-4.8/documentation/example/HTTPS_SERVICE.md

Overview

"HTTPS (HTTP Secure) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on the Internet. In HTTPS, the communication protocol is encrypted by Transport Layer Security (TLS), or formerly, its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The protocol is therefore also often referred to as HTTP over TLS, or HTTP over SSL." -- Wikipedia

Example

#include <memory>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <restbed>

using namespace std;
using namespace restbed;

void get_method_handler( const shared_ptr< Session > session )
{
    session->close( OK, "Hello, World!", { { "Content-Length", "13" }, { "Connection", "close" } } );
}

int main( const int, const char** )
{
    auto resource = make_shared< Resource >( );
    resource->set_path( "/resource" );
    resource->set_method_handler( "GET", get_method_handler );
    
    auto ssl_settings = make_shared< SSLSettings >( );
    ssl_settings->set_http_disabled( true );
    ssl_settings->set_private_key( Uri( "file:///tmp/server.key" ) );
    ssl_settings->set_certificate( Uri( "file:///tmp/server.crt" ) );
    ssl_settings->set_temporary_diffie_hellman( Uri( "file:///tmp/dh768.pem" ) );
    
    auto settings = make_shared< Settings >( );
    settings->set_ssl_settings( ssl_settings );
    
    Service service;
    service.publish( resource );
    service.start( settings );
    
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Build

$ clang++ -o example example.cpp -l restbed -l ssl -l crypt

Execution

$ cd /tmp

$ openssl genrsa -out server.key 1024

$ openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr

$ openssl x509 -req -days 3650 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt

$ openssl dhparam -out dh768.pem 768

$ sudo ./example

$ curl -k -v -w'\n' -X GET 'https://localhost/resource'