# Webserver **URL:** \ **Category:** Open AT\ **Created:** [February 8, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/webserver/1901 "2008-02-08T11:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![josias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@josias](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/josias)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/webserver/1901/1 "2008-02-08T11:31:22Z")
Has anyone tried to make a webserver? My need is simple, I would like to remotely set settings via a web page. ---
**Author:** ![fft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@fft](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/fft)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/webserver/1901/2 "2008-02-08T18:07:55Z")
There’s one provided with Open AT Lua, including active server pages, an AJAX plugin etc.: [http://www.wavecom.com/lua/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=SampleHttpServer](http://www.wavecom.com/lua/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=SampleHttpServer) [http://www.wavecom.com/lua/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=SampleAjax](http://www.wavecom.com/lua/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=SampleAjax) ---
**Author:** ![awneil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@awneil](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/awneil)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/webserver/1901/3 "2008-02-08T19:17:23Z")
> [@josias](#): > > Has anyone tried to make a webserver? Of course, lots of people have made webservers! A webserver in Open-AT would be conceptually no different from a webserver on any other embedded platform - and there are plenty of examples of those all over the web! You could start with [codesearch.google.com](http://codesearch.google.com) > [@](#): > > My need is simple Maybe you could just work straight from the HTTP specs: [w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html) Or try the Lua one. > [@](#): > > I would like to remotely set settings via a web page. You mean a web page that’s embedded on the Wavecom device? Don’t forget that this will require a Public IP address… ---
**Author:** ![tobias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@tobias](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/tobias)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/webserver/1901/4 "2008-02-08T19:59:38Z")
> [@awneil](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > I would like to remotely set settings via a web page. > > You mean a web page that’s embedded on the Wavecom device? > > Don’t forget that this will require a Public IP address… Unless you’re using a VPN solution… ---
**Author:** ![awneil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@awneil](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/awneil)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/webserver/1901/5 "2008-02-08T20:00:06Z")
You might like to read this: > [@](#): > > This paper covers fundamental concepts of HTTP and how the Barracuda Embedded Web Server can be used in an embedded device. > [barracudaserver.com/WP/intro/](http://barracudaserver.com/WP/intro/) ---
**Author:** ![josias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@josias](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/josias)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/webserver/1901/6 "2008-02-11T08:15:15Z")
THnx for all the reponses, I will work through it. The idea is exactly the same as for adsl modems… I want to log in and be able to set settings on the unit and retrieve the status of the unit. ---
**Author:** ![awneil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@awneil](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/awneil)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/webserver/1901/7 "2008-02-11T09:48:24Z")
> [@josias](#): > > I want to log in and be able to set settings on the unit and retrieve the status of the unit. Again, remember that this will require a Public IP address… ---
**Author:** ![fft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@fft](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/fft)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/webserver/1901/8 "2008-02-11T14:46:05Z")
> [@](#): > > This paper covers fundamental concepts of HTTP and how the Barracuda Embedded Web Server can be used in an embedded device. > [barracudaserver.com/WP/intro/](http://barracudaserver.com/WP/intro/) Barracuda’s embedded web server happens to also be Lua-based. The rationales behind are quite obvious: in an embedded device you mainly want to do CGI, very little static pages serving, and writing CGI in C is challenging, to say the least. So you can either: - strip down Python/TCL to the point of near-unusability, to make them embeddable; - or go with a port of Scheme, if you think that your users won’t run away scared by Lisp’s syntax; - or use Lua, which is simultaneously powerful (its semantics is very close to Scheme’s), user-friendly and embeddable.