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Serve Static Content on a Jetty Web Server using Docker Container

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019Dockerdocker, HTTP server, jetty, static

Reading Time: 2 minutes Docker is well known to containerize the application with all the necessary dependencies in order to make the application portable and deployable in a platform independent manner. And, on the other hand Jetty Server is widely used with Docker to deploy applications using war files.But, recently I came across a requirement to expose static files and jars on a given endpoint using a Jetty Web Continue Reading

Routing DSL in Akka HTTP

June 13, 2017June 8, 2018Akka, akka-http, Studio-Scala, Web ServicesAkka, Akka http server, akka-http, directives, dsl, High level server Api, http, http request, HTTP server, https, low level server api, Routes, Routing, routing dsl, Server Api

Reading Time: 3 minutes In this blog we’ll be discussing about the Routing DSl provided by Akka HTTP High level Server Side API. Akka HTTP provides a very flexible “Routing DSL” for elegantly defining RESTful web services. It picks up where the low-level API leaves off and offers much of the higher level functionality of typical web servers or frameworks, like deconstruction of URIs, content negotiation or static content serving. Continue Reading

Handling HTTPS requests with Akka-HTTPS Server

January 17, 2017June 8, 2018Akka, akka-http, Security, Security Audit, Security Checklist, Security Controls, Security Guidelines, Studio-ScalaAkka, akka-http, akka-https, http, http request, HTTP server, https, HTTPS requests, keymanager, keystore, REST, scala, Server-Side HTTPS, SMTP, SOAP, ssl, ssl certificate, SSlContext, trustmanager, truststore

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hi guys, In my last blogs I explained how one can create a self-signed certificate and KeyStore in PKCS12. You can go through the previous blog, as we’ll be needing certificate and keystore for handling HTTPS requests. https://blog.knoldus.com/2016/10/18/create-a-self-signed-ssl-certificate-using-openssl/ https://blog.knoldus.com/2016/10/26/how-to-create-a-keystore-in-pkcs12-format/ Akka-HTTP provides both Server-Side and Client-Side HTTPS support. In this blog I’ll be covering the Server-Side HTTPS support. Let’s start with “why do we need server-side HTTPS support?” If we want the communication between the browser and Continue Reading