# Building from Source

Follow these instructions to either build **`SWS`** project from the source or the HTML documentation.

## Building project from source

If you want to build **SWS** from the source, all you need is a [Rust 2021 Edition](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/05/11/edition-2021.html) installed.

So make sure to install Rust [1.66.0](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/12/15/Rust-1.66.0.html) or higher (or nightly) along with [the toolchain(s)](https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/concepts/toolchains.html) of your preference.

Then clone the repository and use [Cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/) to build the project from the source.

```sh
git clone https://github.com/static-web-server/static-web-server.git
cd static-web-server
cargo build --release
```

Finally, the release binary should be available at `target/release/static-web-server` or under your toolchain directory chosen.

!!! info "Don't use the project's `Makefile`"
    Please don't use the project's `Makefile` since it's only intended for development and some on-demand tasks.

## Cargo features

When building from the source, all features are enabled by default.
However, you can disable just the ones you don't need from the lists below.

Feature | Description
---------|------
**Default** |
`default` | Activates all features by default.
[**HTTP2/TLS**](./features/http2-tls.md) |
`http2` | Activates the HTTP2 and TLS feature.
[**Compression**](./features/compression.md) |
`compression` | Activates auto-compression and compression static with all supported algorithms.
`compression-brotli` | Activates auto-compression/compression static with only the `brotli` algorithm.
`compression-deflate` | Activates auto-compression/compression static with only the `deflate` algorithm.
`compression-gzip` | Activates auto-compression/compression static with only the `gzip` algorithm.
`compression-zstd` | Activates auto-compression/compression static with only the `zstd` algorithm.

### Disable all default features

For example, if you want to run or build SWS without the default features like `compression`, `http2`, etc then just try:

```sh
# run
cargo run --no-default-features -- -h
# or build
cargo build --release --no-default-features
```

## Building documentation from source

All HTML documentation is located in the `docs/` project's directory and is built using [Material for MkDocs](https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material).

It's only necessary to have [Docker](https://www.docker.com/get-started/) installed.

### Building documentation

By default the docs will be built in the `/tmp/docs` directory, to do so follow these steps.

```sh
git clone https://github.com/static-web-server/static-web-server.git
cd static-web-server
mkdir /tmp/docs
docker run -it --rm \
    -v $PWD/docs:/docs \
    -v /tmp/docs:/tmp/docs squidfunk/mkdocs-material build
```

!!! tip "Output the docs in a different directory"
    If you want to output the docs in a different directory then append the `--site-dir=/new/dir/path/` argument to the *"squidfunk/mkdocs-material"* `build` command and make sure to provide the new directory path.

### Development server

If you want to improve the documentation then run the built-in development server via `docs/docker-compose.yml`.

```sh
git clone https://github.com/static-web-server/static-web-server.git
cd static-web-server
docker-compose -f docs/docker-compose.yml up
```

Now the server will be available at `localhost:8000`