NAME¶

nghttpd - HTTP/2 experimental server

SYNOPSIS¶

nghttpd [ OPTION]... <PORT> <PRIVATE_KEY> <CERT> nghttpd --no-tls [OPTION]... <PORT>

DESCRIPTION¶

HTTP/2 experimental server

<PORT>

Specify listening port number.

<PRIVATE_KEY>

Set path to server's private key. Required unless --no-tls is specified.

<CERT>

Set path to server's certificate. Required unless --no-tls is specified.

OPTIONS¶

-D, --daemon

Run in a background. If -D is used, the current working directory is changed to '/'. Therefore if this option is used, -d option must be specified.

-V, --verify-client

The server sends a client certificate request. If the client did not return a certificate, the handshake is terminated. Currently, this option just requests a client certificate and does not verify it.

-d, --htdocs=<PATH>

Specify document root. If this option is not specified, the document root is the current working directory.

-v, --verbose

Print debug information such as reception/ transmission of frames and name/value pairs.

--no-tls

Disable SSL/TLS.

-c, --header-table-size=<N>

Specify decoder header table size.

--color

Force colored log output.

-p, --push=<PATH>=<PUSH_PATH,...>

Push resources <PUSH_PATH>s when <PATH> is requested. This option can be used repeatedly to specify multiple push configurations. <PATH> and <PUSH_PATH>s are relative to document root. See --htdocs option. Example: -p/=/foo.png -p/doc=/bar.css

-b, --padding=<N>

Add at most <N> bytes to a frame payload as padding. Specify 0 to disable padding.

-n, --workers=<CORE>

Set the number of worker threads. Default: 1

-e, --error-gzip

Make error response gzipped.

--dh-param-file=<PATH>

Path to file that contains DH parameters in PEM format. Without this option, DHE cipher suites are not available.

--early-response

Start sending response when request HEADERS is received, rather than complete request is received.

--version

Display version information and exit.

-h, --help

Display this help and exit.

SEE ALSO¶

nghttp(1), nghttpx(1), h2load(1)