{"id":106030,"date":"2022-12-14T15:36:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T13:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/novosti-interneta\/predstavlen-http-server-hinsightd-ispolzuyushhij-linux-podsistemu-io_uring"},"modified":"2026-02-08T23:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:29:58","slug":"predstavlen-http-server-hinsightd-ispolzuyushhij-linux-podsistemu-io_uring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/news\/predstavlen-http-server-hinsightd-ispolzuyushhij-linux-podsistemu-io_uring","title":{"rendered":"The HTTP server hinsightd has been introduced, utilizing the Linux io_uring subsystem","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

A compact HTTP server, hinsightd, has been released, notable for its use of the io_uring asynchronous I\/O interface provided in the Linux kernel. The server supports HTTP\/1.1 and is designed for low resource consumption while delivering essential functionality. For example, hinsightd supports TLS, reverse proxying (rproxy), caching dynamically generated content in local FS, on-the-fly data compression, seamless restarting without dropping established connections, and connecting dynamic request handlers using FastCGI and CGI mechanisms. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the BSD license. <\/p>\n

To handle configuration, write plugins, and create request handlers, there is the option to use the Lua language, with such handlers defined directly in the file. server configuration<\/a>The plugin form includes features such as changing the log format, linking individual logs to virtual hosts, defining load balancing strategies, HTTP authentication, URL rewriting, and scheduling tasks (for example, updating Let\u2019s Encrypt certificates). <\/p>\n

Along with proxy server<\/a> A library is provided for integrating hinsightd functionalities into your applications. Hinsightd also includes built-in functionality for sending HTTP requests from the command line; for example, to load a page, you can execute the command 'hinsightd -d URL'. The server is very compact and occupies about 200KB when compiled (100KB executable file and 100KB shared library). Among external dependencies, only libc, lua, liburing, and zlib are required, with optional openssl\/libressl and ffcall. <\/p>\n

Future development plans mention the possibility of caching compressed files, sandbox isolation based on syscall filtering and the use of namespaces, traffic shaping, multithreading, improved error handling, and virtual host definition based on masks. <\/p>\n

The results of synthetic performance testing (without configuration optimizations as is) using the ab utility when running 250 and 500 (in parentheses) concurrent requests ('ab -k -c 250 -n 10000 http:\/\/localhost\/'): <\/p>\n