iLiad Xiliad: a small webserver running on your iLiad

[hansel]

Hello All,

EDIT:

• 10 nov 2009: update 1.1: new installer (compatible with recent Lua package), recent Lua package.

Original message:

The attached file contains a small web server (the installer is 300kB) that runs on your Iliad. It is written in Lua; which is included in the 300kB

• Unpack the installer anywhere, for example in 'documents' on on your memory card (this creates a directory 'xiliad')
• Navigate to xiliad and click 'Run Xiliad, the Iliad Web Server'
• Activate your network (wired or wireless)
• Point your browser (PC) to http://ip.of.your.iliad:8080/
• Browse

Notes:

• The server has dynamic pages (pages with Lua code in it, just like php can do)
• You can also browse on the Iliad: configure Dillo to start at http://127.0.0.1:8080/
• The first time Xiliad is started, it will install Lua on the Iliad. If you want, you can remove it with ipkg remove lua5.1-iliad
• Xiliad uses no cpu while waiting for a request; it just sleeps

Purpose: Xiliad is a 'proof of concept' kind of thing. It shows that Lua runs efficiently on the Iliad. It's not very useful as is, but the potential of a scriptable web server is great: it could be used for remote installation and configuration of software via a web interface.

Please play with it, and let me know what you think!

EDIT: 3 hours after posting, this post is the first Google result for 'Xiliad'

PS: see https://dev.mobileread.com/trac/luailiad for more info about Lua on the Iliad

[hansel]

Updated version: new installer compatible with recent Lua packages. The previous version would not install properly when a more recent version of Lua was already installed.

The new installer is attached to the first post of this thread.

Feedback is welcome!