Re: [libmicrohttpd] How to bind to a specific IP address "out of the box"?

[Evgeny Grin]

Alternatively, you can pass bind address via MHD_OPTION_SOCK_ADDR option.
So there are at least two ways how to handle it "out of the box". :)

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Evgeny

On 13.04.2022 9:04, Christian Grothoff wrote:
> You can call socket/listen/bind _before_ MHD_start_daemon() and pass the 
> ready-made fully-configured listen socket into MHD using 
> MHD_OPTION_LISTEN_SOCKET. The 'port' argument of MHD_start_daemon() will 
> be ignored in this case.
>
> On 4/13/22 02:28, silvioprog wrote:
> > Hey guys.
> >
> > Some days ago a user asked me the following question with the attached 
> > picture:
> >
> > /> Kevin said:
> >  > Ok, I got some more explanation from my I.T. guy.  It appears that 
> > the servers listen on 0.0.0.0 which is "All IPs on All NICs on the 
> > physical server it is running on".
> >  > I want to have multiple different apps running on the same server, 
> > but bound only to a specific IP. I have one server app with HOST set 
> > to 1.0.125.11 port 443 and it BLOCKS the other server app from trying 
> > to run on 1.0.125.13 port 443./
> > /> Here is a screen shot from cports...
> >  > Having this capability will ELIMINATE the need to use an additional 
> > layer, like Apache/Nginx or anything. I would be running pure MHD 
> > stand alone .exes on a Windows server. Super super simple! Yipee!/
> >
> > But, after looking at our MHD API, it seems we don't have any feature 
> > "out of the box" like a flag to specify the host.
> >
> > So, is there any trick to handle it in pure MHD API without 
> > coding/handling sockets by hand?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help!
> >
> > image.png
> >
> > --
> > Silvio Clécio

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