LiteSpeed for C++ app server

[Mike Lowry]

I'm working on a C++ web service that needs to use secure websockets. I'm planning on using nginx as a reverse proxy. I have no familiarity with LiteSpeed and am trying to decide which app server to use. I would like to avoid spending the time to learn it if it won't work in this case. Is this an appropriate usage for LiteSpeed?

 

[Long]

Are you going to use secure websockets between web server and client side?
If it is, LiteSpeed can decrypt it and forward it to backend.

Please refer to this link: https://www.litespeedtech.com/docs/webserver/config/web-socket-proxy

 

[Mike Lowry]

Thanks. The question at the moment is whether there is a C++ API for LightSpeed. I can't seem to locate any info.

 

[mistwang]

If your C++ app runs in its own process and communicating with front-end web server through WebSocket, there is no API call required between you C++ app and litespeed server.

If you plan to use Nginx as reverse proxy, you can use LiteSpeed in the similar way.

If you want to embed your application into the server process, then it is another story.