Embedded HTTP server: Difference between revisions

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The HTTP server is usually implemented as a [[software component]] of an [[Application software|application]] (embedded) system that controls and/or monitors a machine with mechanical and/or electrical parts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edge Computing Using Embedded Webserver with Mobile Device for Diagnosis and Prediction of Metastasis in Histopathological Images |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44196-021-00040-x}}</ref>

The HTTP server implements the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol|HTTP]] [[Communications protocol|protocol]] in order to allow communications with one or more local or remote [[User (computing)|users]] using a [[Web browser|browser]]. The aim is to let users to interact with information provided by the embedded system ([[Web user interface|user interface]], data monitoring, [[Data logger|data logging]], data configuration, etc.) via [[Computer network|network]], without using traditional peripherals required for local user interfaces ([[Display device|display]], [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]], etc.).<ref>{{citationcite web needed|datetitle=DecemberAdministering 2021Security for Oracle HTTP server |url=https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/fusion-middleware/web-tier/12.2.1.4/secure-ohs/administering-security-oracle-http-server.pdf}}</ref>

In some cases the functionalities provided via HTTP server allow also program-to-program communications, e.g. to retrieve data logged about the monitored machine, etc.