Use Caddy server

Purpose

Let's learn how to use Caddy web server and check its functionalities.

Test

install curl

$ sudo apt-get install curl
$ curl --version
curl 7.38.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.38.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1f zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.28 librtmp/2.3
Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher http https imap imaps ldap ldaps pop3 pop3s rt

to test http/2 it requires more newer version of curl

$ curl -v http://localhost:8090/ --http2

Benchmark

$ wrk http://localhost:8090/

Reference

• xyproto/http2check - Utility for checking if a web server supports HTTP/2

• jeffsmith82/http2test

• summerwind/h2spec - A conformance testing tool for HTTP/2 implementation.

• cURL - HTTP testing tool, github

• wrk - HTTP benchmarking tool

• Caddy - The HTTP/2 Web Server, written in Go, released at 2015, github