New upstream version 1.11.0+dfsgupstream/1.11.0+dfsg

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 1665 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/web/server/web_client.c b/web/server/web_client.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..282cfcd1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/server/web_client.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+#include "web_client.h"
+
+// this is an async I/O implementation of the web server request parser
+// it is used by all netdata web servers
+
+int respect_web_browser_do_not_track_policy = 0;
+char *web_x_frame_options = NULL;
+
+#ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+int web_enable_gzip = 1, web_gzip_level = 3, web_gzip_strategy = Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY;
+#endif /* NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB */
+
+inline int web_client_permission_denied(struct web_client *w) {
+    w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_PLAIN;
+    buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+    buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "You are not allowed to access this resource.");
+    w->response.code = 403;
+    return 403;
+}
+
+static inline int web_client_crock_socket(struct web_client *w) {
+#ifdef TCP_CORK
+    if(likely(web_client_is_corkable(w) && !w->tcp_cork && w->ofd != -1)) {
+        w->tcp_cork = 1;
+        if(unlikely(setsockopt(w->ofd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_CORK, (char *) &w->tcp_cork, sizeof(int)) != 0)) {
+            error("%llu: failed to enable TCP_CORK on socket.", w->id);
+
+            w->tcp_cork = 0;
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+#else
+    (void)w;
+#endif /* TCP_CORK */
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int web_client_uncrock_socket(struct web_client *w) {
+#ifdef TCP_CORK
+    if(likely(w->tcp_cork && w->ofd != -1)) {
+        w->tcp_cork = 0;
+        if(unlikely(setsockopt(w->ofd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_CORK, (char *) &w->tcp_cork, sizeof(int)) != 0)) {
+            error("%llu: failed to disable TCP_CORK on socket.", w->id);
+            w->tcp_cork = 1;
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+#else
+    (void)w;
+#endif /* TCP_CORK */
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static inline char *strip_control_characters(char *url) {
+    char *s = url;
+    if(!s) return "";
+
+    if(iscntrl(*s)) *s = ' ';
+    while(*++s) {
+        if(iscntrl(*s)) *s = ' ';
+    }
+
+    return url;
+}
+
+void web_client_request_done(struct web_client *w) {
+    web_client_uncrock_socket(w);
+
+    debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Resetting client.", w->id);
+
+    if(likely(w->last_url[0])) {
+        struct timeval tv;
+        now_realtime_timeval(&tv);
+
+        size_t size = (w->mode == WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY)?w->response.rlen:w->response.data->len;
+        size_t sent = size;
+#ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+        if(likely(w->response.zoutput)) sent = (size_t)w->response.zstream.total_out;
+#endif
+
+        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // global statistics
+
+        finished_web_request_statistics(dt_usec(&tv, &w->tv_in),
+                                        w->stats_received_bytes,
+                                        w->stats_sent_bytes,
+                                        size,
+                                        sent);
+
+        w->stats_received_bytes = 0;
+        w->stats_sent_bytes = 0;
+
+
+        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        const char *mode;
+        switch(w->mode) {
+            case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY:
+                mode = "FILECOPY";
+                break;
+
+            case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_OPTIONS:
+                mode = "OPTIONS";
+                break;
+
+            case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_STREAM:
+                mode = "STREAM";
+                break;
+
+            case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_NORMAL:
+                mode = "DATA";
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                mode = "UNKNOWN";
+                break;
+        }
+
+        // access log
+        log_access("%llu: %d '[%s]:%s' '%s' (sent/all = %zu/%zu bytes %0.0f%%, prep/sent/total = %0.2f/%0.2f/%0.2f ms) %d '%s'",
+                   w->id
+                   , gettid()
+                   , w->client_ip
+                   , w->client_port
+                   , mode
+                   , sent
+                   , size
+                   , -((size > 0) ? ((size - sent) / (double) size * 100.0) : 0.0)
+                   , dt_usec(&w->tv_ready, &w->tv_in) / 1000.0
+                   , dt_usec(&tv, &w->tv_ready) / 1000.0
+                   , dt_usec(&tv, &w->tv_in) / 1000.0
+                   , w->response.code
+                   , strip_control_characters(w->last_url)
+        );
+    }
+
+    if(unlikely(w->mode == WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY)) {
+        if(w->ifd != w->ofd) {
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Closing filecopy input file descriptor %d.", w->id, w->ifd);
+
+            if(web_server_mode != WEB_SERVER_MODE_STATIC_THREADED) {
+                if (w->ifd != -1) close(w->ifd);
+            }
+
+            w->ifd = w->ofd;
+        }
+    }
+
+    w->last_url[0] = '\0';
+    w->cookie1[0] = '\0';
+    w->cookie2[0] = '\0';
+    w->origin[0] = '*';
+    w->origin[1] = '\0';
+
+    freez(w->user_agent); w->user_agent = NULL;
+
+    w->mode = WEB_CLIENT_MODE_NORMAL;
+
+    w->tcp_cork = 0;
+    web_client_disable_donottrack(w);
+    web_client_disable_tracking_required(w);
+    web_client_disable_keepalive(w);
+    w->decoded_url[0] = '\0';
+
+    buffer_reset(w->response.header_output);
+    buffer_reset(w->response.header);
+    buffer_reset(w->response.data);
+    w->response.rlen = 0;
+    w->response.sent = 0;
+    w->response.code = 0;
+
+    w->header_parse_tries = 0;
+    w->header_parse_last_size = 0;
+
+    web_client_enable_wait_receive(w);
+    web_client_disable_wait_send(w);
+
+    w->response.zoutput = 0;
+
+    // if we had enabled compression, release it
+#ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+    if(w->response.zinitialized) {
+        debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Freeing compression resources.", w->id);
+        deflateEnd(&w->response.zstream);
+        w->response.zsent = 0;
+        w->response.zhave = 0;
+        w->response.zstream.avail_in = 0;
+        w->response.zstream.avail_out = 0;
+        w->response.zstream.total_in = 0;
+        w->response.zstream.total_out = 0;
+        w->response.zinitialized = 0;
+    }
+#endif // NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+}
+
+uid_t web_files_uid(void) {
+    static char *web_owner = NULL;
+    static uid_t owner_uid = 0;
+
+    if(unlikely(!web_owner)) {
+        // getpwuid() is not thread safe,
+        // but we have called this function once
+        // while single threaded
+        struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(geteuid());
+        web_owner = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "web files owner", (pw)?(pw->pw_name?pw->pw_name:""):"");
+        if(!web_owner || !*web_owner)
+            owner_uid = geteuid();
+        else {
+            // getpwnam() is not thread safe,
+            // but we have called this function once
+            // while single threaded
+            pw = getpwnam(web_owner);
+            if(!pw) {
+                error("User '%s' is not present. Ignoring option.", web_owner);
+                owner_uid = geteuid();
+            }
+            else {
+                debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "Web files owner set to %s.", web_owner);
+                owner_uid = pw->pw_uid;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return(owner_uid);
+}
+
+gid_t web_files_gid(void) {
+    static char *web_group = NULL;
+    static gid_t owner_gid = 0;
+
+    if(unlikely(!web_group)) {
+        // getgrgid() is not thread safe,
+        // but we have called this function once
+        // while single threaded
+        struct group *gr = getgrgid(getegid());
+        web_group = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "web files group", (gr)?(gr->gr_name?gr->gr_name:""):"");
+        if(!web_group || !*web_group)
+            owner_gid = getegid();
+        else {
+            // getgrnam() is not thread safe,
+            // but we have called this function once
+            // while single threaded
+            gr = getgrnam(web_group);
+            if(!gr) {
+                error("Group '%s' is not present. Ignoring option.", web_group);
+                owner_gid = getegid();
+            }
+            else {
+                debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "Web files group set to %s.", web_group);
+                owner_gid = gr->gr_gid;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return(owner_gid);
+}
+
+static struct {
+    const char *extension;
+    uint32_t hash;
+    uint8_t contenttype;
+} mime_types[] = {
+        {  "html" , 0    , CT_TEXT_HTML}
+        , {"js"   , 0    , CT_APPLICATION_X_JAVASCRIPT}
+        , {"css"  , 0    , CT_TEXT_CSS}
+        , {"xml"  , 0    , CT_TEXT_XML}
+        , {"xsl"  , 0    , CT_TEXT_XSL}
+        , {"txt"  , 0    , CT_TEXT_PLAIN}
+        , {"svg"  , 0    , CT_IMAGE_SVG_XML}
+        , {"ttf"  , 0    , CT_APPLICATION_X_FONT_TRUETYPE}
+        , {"otf"  , 0    , CT_APPLICATION_X_FONT_OPENTYPE}
+        , {"woff2", 0    , CT_APPLICATION_FONT_WOFF2}
+        , {"woff" , 0    , CT_APPLICATION_FONT_WOFF}
+        , {"eot"  , 0    , CT_APPLICATION_VND_MS_FONTOBJ}
+        , {"png"  , 0    , CT_IMAGE_PNG}
+        , {"jpg"  , 0    , CT_IMAGE_JPG}
+        , {"jpeg" , 0    , CT_IMAGE_JPG}
+        , {"gif"  , 0    , CT_IMAGE_GIF}
+        , {"bmp"  , 0    , CT_IMAGE_BMP}
+        , {"ico"  , 0    , CT_IMAGE_XICON}
+        , {"icns" , 0    , CT_IMAGE_ICNS}
+        , {       NULL, 0, 0}
+};
+
+static inline uint8_t contenttype_for_filename(const char *filename) {
+    // info("checking filename '%s'", filename);
+
+    static int initialized = 0;
+    int i;
+
+    if(unlikely(!initialized)) {
+        for (i = 0; mime_types[i].extension; i++)
+            mime_types[i].hash = simple_hash(mime_types[i].extension);
+
+        initialized = 1;
+    }
+
+    const char *s = filename, *last_dot = NULL;
+
+    // find the last dot
+    while(*s) {
+        if(unlikely(*s == '.')) last_dot = s;
+        s++;
+    }
+
+    if(unlikely(!last_dot || !*last_dot || !last_dot[1])) {
+        // info("no extension for filename '%s'", filename);
+        return CT_APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM;
+    }
+    last_dot++;
+
+    // info("extension for filename '%s' is '%s'", filename, last_dot);
+
+    uint32_t hash = simple_hash(last_dot);
+    for(i = 0; mime_types[i].extension ; i++) {
+        if(unlikely(hash == mime_types[i].hash && !strcmp(last_dot, mime_types[i].extension))) {
+            // info("matched extension for filename '%s': '%s'", filename, last_dot);
+            return mime_types[i].contenttype;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // info("not matched extension for filename '%s': '%s'", filename, last_dot);
+    return CT_APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM;
+}
+
+static inline int access_to_file_is_not_permitted(struct web_client *w, const char *filename) {
+    w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+    buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "Access to file is not permitted: ");
+    buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, filename);
+    return 403;
+}
+
+int mysendfile(struct web_client *w, char *filename) {
+    debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Looking for file '%s/%s'", w->id, netdata_configured_web_dir, filename);
+
+    if(!web_client_can_access_dashboard(w))
+        return web_client_permission_denied(w);
+
+    // skip leading slashes
+    while (*filename == '/') filename++;
+
+    // if the filename contains "strange" characters, refuse to serve it
+    char *s;
+    for(s = filename; *s ;s++) {
+        if( !isalnum(*s) && *s != '/' && *s != '.' && *s != '-' && *s != '_') {
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: File '%s' is not acceptable.", w->id, filename);
+            w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+            buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Filename contains invalid characters: ");
+            buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, filename);
+            return 400;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // if the filename contains a .. refuse to serve it
+    if(strstr(filename, "..") != 0) {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: File '%s' is not acceptable.", w->id, filename);
+        w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+        buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "Relative filenames are not supported: ");
+        buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, filename);
+        return 400;
+    }
+
+    // find the physical file on disk
+    char webfilename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
+    snprintfz(webfilename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/%s", netdata_configured_web_dir, filename);
+
+    struct stat statbuf;
+    int done = 0;
+    while(!done) {
+        // check if the file exists
+        if (lstat(webfilename, &statbuf) != 0) {
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: File '%s' is not found.", w->id, webfilename);
+            w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+            buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "File does not exist, or is not accessible: ");
+            buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, webfilename);
+            return 404;
+        }
+
+        if ((statbuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
+            snprintfz(webfilename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/%s/index.html", netdata_configured_web_dir, filename);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if ((statbuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFREG) {
+            error("%llu: File '%s' is not a regular file. Access Denied.", w->id, webfilename);
+            return access_to_file_is_not_permitted(w, webfilename);
+        }
+
+        // check if the file is owned by expected user
+        if (statbuf.st_uid != web_files_uid()) {
+            error("%llu: File '%s' is owned by user %u (expected user %u). Access Denied.", w->id, webfilename, statbuf.st_uid, web_files_uid());
+            return access_to_file_is_not_permitted(w, webfilename);
+        }
+
+        // check if the file is owned by expected group
+        if (statbuf.st_gid != web_files_gid()) {
+            error("%llu: File '%s' is owned by group %u (expected group %u). Access Denied.", w->id, webfilename, statbuf.st_gid, web_files_gid());
+            return access_to_file_is_not_permitted(w, webfilename);
+        }
+
+        done = 1;
+    }
+
+    // open the file
+    w->ifd = open(webfilename, O_NONBLOCK, O_RDONLY);
+    if(w->ifd == -1) {
+        w->ifd = w->ofd;
+
+        if(errno == EBUSY || errno == EAGAIN) {
+            error("%llu: File '%s' is busy, sending 307 Moved Temporarily to force retry.", w->id, webfilename);
+            w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+            buffer_sprintf(w->response.header, "Location: /%s\r\n", filename);
+            buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "File is currently busy, please try again later: ");
+            buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, webfilename);
+            return 307;
+        }
+        else {
+            error("%llu: Cannot open file '%s'.", w->id, webfilename);
+            w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+            buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "Cannot open file: ");
+            buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, webfilename);
+            return 404;
+        }
+    }
+
+    sock_setnonblock(w->ifd);
+
+    w->response.data->contenttype = contenttype_for_filename(webfilename);
+    debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Sending file '%s' (%ld bytes, ifd %d, ofd %d).", w->id, webfilename, statbuf.st_size, w->ifd, w->ofd);
+
+    w->mode = WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY;
+    web_client_enable_wait_receive(w);
+    web_client_disable_wait_send(w);
+    buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+    buffer_need_bytes(w->response.data, (size_t)statbuf.st_size);
+    w->response.rlen = (size_t)statbuf.st_size;
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    w->response.data->date = statbuf.st_mtimespec.tv_sec;
+#else
+    w->response.data->date = statbuf.st_mtim.tv_sec;
+#endif /* __APPLE__ */
+    buffer_cacheable(w->response.data);
+
+    return 200;
+}
+
+
+#ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+void web_client_enable_deflate(struct web_client *w, int gzip) {
+    if(unlikely(w->response.zinitialized)) {
+        debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Compression has already be initialized for this client.", w->id);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if(unlikely(w->response.sent)) {
+        error("%llu: Cannot enable compression in the middle of a conversation.", w->id);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    w->response.zstream.zalloc = Z_NULL;
+    w->response.zstream.zfree = Z_NULL;
+    w->response.zstream.opaque = Z_NULL;
+
+    w->response.zstream.next_in = (Bytef *)w->response.data->buffer;
+    w->response.zstream.avail_in = 0;
+    w->response.zstream.total_in = 0;
+
+    w->response.zstream.next_out = w->response.zbuffer;
+    w->response.zstream.avail_out = 0;
+    w->response.zstream.total_out = 0;
+
+    w->response.zstream.zalloc = Z_NULL;
+    w->response.zstream.zfree = Z_NULL;
+    w->response.zstream.opaque = Z_NULL;
+
+//  if(deflateInit(&w->response.zstream, Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION) != Z_OK) {
+//      error("%llu: Failed to initialize zlib. Proceeding without compression.", w->id);
+//      return;
+//  }
+
+    // Select GZIP compression: windowbits = 15 + 16 = 31
+    if(deflateInit2(&w->response.zstream, web_gzip_level, Z_DEFLATED, 15 + ((gzip)?16:0), 8, web_gzip_strategy) != Z_OK) {
+        error("%llu: Failed to initialize zlib. Proceeding without compression.", w->id);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    w->response.zsent = 0;
+    w->response.zoutput = 1;
+    w->response.zinitialized = 1;
+
+    debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Initialized compression.", w->id);
+}
+#endif // NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+
+void buffer_data_options2string(BUFFER *wb, uint32_t options) {
+    int count = 0;
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_NONZERO) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "nonzero");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_REVERSED) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "flip");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_JSON_WRAP) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "jsonwrap");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_MIN2MAX) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "min2max");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_MILLISECONDS) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "ms");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_ABSOLUTE) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "absolute");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_SECONDS) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "seconds");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_NULL2ZERO) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "null2zero");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_OBJECTSROWS) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "objectrows");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_GOOGLE_JSON) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "google_json");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_PERCENTAGE) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "percentage");
+    }
+
+    if(options & RRDR_OPTION_NOT_ALIGNED) {
+        if(count++) buffer_strcat(wb, " ");
+        buffer_strcat(wb, "unaligned");
+    }
+}
+
+static inline int check_host_and_call(RRDHOST *host, struct web_client *w, char *url, int (*func)(RRDHOST *, struct web_client *, char *)) {
+    if(unlikely(host->rrd_memory_mode == RRD_MEMORY_MODE_NONE)) {
+        buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+        buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "This host does not maintain a database");
+        return 400;
+    }
+
+    return func(host, w, url);
+}
+
+static inline int check_host_and_dashboard_acl_and_call(RRDHOST *host, struct web_client *w, char *url, int (*func)(RRDHOST *, struct web_client *, char *)) {
+    if(!web_client_can_access_dashboard(w))
+        return web_client_permission_denied(w);
+
+    return check_host_and_call(host, w, url, func);
+}
+
+int web_client_api_request(RRDHOST *host, struct web_client *w, char *url)
+{
+    // get the api version
+    char *tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?&");
+    if(tok && *tok) {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for API version '%s'.", w->id, tok);
+        if(strcmp(tok, "v1") == 0)
+            return web_client_api_request_v1(host, w, url);
+        else {
+            buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+            w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+            buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "Unsupported API version: ");
+            buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, tok);
+            return 404;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+        buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Which API version?");
+        return 400;
+    }
+}
+
+const char *web_content_type_to_string(uint8_t contenttype) {
+    switch(contenttype) {
+        case CT_TEXT_HTML:
+            return "text/html; charset=utf-8";
+
+        case CT_APPLICATION_XML:
+            return "application/xml; charset=utf-8";
+
+        case CT_APPLICATION_JSON:
+            return "application/json; charset=utf-8";
+
+        case CT_APPLICATION_X_JAVASCRIPT:
+            return "application/x-javascript; charset=utf-8";
+
+        case CT_TEXT_CSS:
+            return "text/css; charset=utf-8";
+
+        case CT_TEXT_XML:
+            return "text/xml; charset=utf-8";
+
+        case CT_TEXT_XSL:
+            return "text/xsl; charset=utf-8";
+
+        case CT_APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM:
+            return "application/octet-stream";
+
+        case CT_IMAGE_SVG_XML:
+            return "image/svg+xml";
+
+        case CT_APPLICATION_X_FONT_TRUETYPE:
+            return "application/x-font-truetype";
+
+        case CT_APPLICATION_X_FONT_OPENTYPE:
+            return "application/x-font-opentype";
+
+        case CT_APPLICATION_FONT_WOFF:
+            return "application/font-woff";
+
+        case CT_APPLICATION_FONT_WOFF2:
+            return "application/font-woff2";
+
+        case CT_APPLICATION_VND_MS_FONTOBJ:
+            return "application/vnd.ms-fontobject";
+
+        case CT_IMAGE_PNG:
+            return "image/png";
+
+        case CT_IMAGE_JPG:
+            return "image/jpeg";
+
+        case CT_IMAGE_GIF:
+            return "image/gif";
+
+        case CT_IMAGE_XICON:
+            return "image/x-icon";
+
+        case CT_IMAGE_BMP:
+            return "image/bmp";
+
+        case CT_IMAGE_ICNS:
+            return "image/icns";
+
+        case CT_PROMETHEUS:
+            return "text/plain; version=0.0.4";
+
+        default:
+        case CT_TEXT_PLAIN:
+            return "text/plain; charset=utf-8";
+    }
+}
+
+
+const char *web_response_code_to_string(int code) {
+    switch(code) {
+        case 200:
+            return "OK";
+
+        case 307:
+            return "Temporary Redirect";
+
+        case 400:
+            return "Bad Request";
+
+        case 403:
+            return "Forbidden";
+
+        case 404:
+            return "Not Found";
+
+        case 412:
+            return "Preconditions Failed";
+
+        default:
+            if(code >= 100 && code < 200)
+                return "Informational";
+
+            if(code >= 200 && code < 300)
+                return "Successful";
+
+            if(code >= 300 && code < 400)
+                return "Redirection";
+
+            if(code >= 400 && code < 500)
+                return "Bad Request";
+
+            if(code >= 500 && code < 600)
+                return "Server Error";
+
+            return "Undefined Error";
+    }
+}
+
+static inline char *http_header_parse(struct web_client *w, char *s, int parse_useragent) {
+    static uint32_t hash_origin = 0, hash_connection = 0, hash_accept_encoding = 0, hash_donottrack = 0, hash_useragent = 0;
+
+    if(unlikely(!hash_origin)) {
+        hash_origin = simple_uhash("Origin");
+        hash_connection = simple_uhash("Connection");
+        hash_accept_encoding = simple_uhash("Accept-Encoding");
+        hash_donottrack = simple_uhash("DNT");
+        hash_useragent = simple_uhash("User-Agent");
+    }
+
+    char *e = s;
+
+    // find the :
+    while(*e && *e != ':') e++;
+    if(!*e) return e;
+
+    // get the name
+    *e = '\0';
+
+    // find the value
+    char *v = e + 1, *ve;
+
+    // skip leading spaces from value
+    while(*v == ' ') v++;
+    ve = v;
+
+    // find the \r
+    while(*ve && *ve != '\r') ve++;
+    if(!*ve || ve[1] != '\n') {
+        *e = ':';
+        return ve;
+    }
+
+    // terminate the value
+    *ve = '\0';
+
+    // fprintf(stderr, "HEADER: '%s' = '%s'\n", s, v);
+    uint32_t hash = simple_uhash(s);
+
+    if(hash == hash_origin && !strcasecmp(s, "Origin"))
+        strncpyz(w->origin, v, NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_ORIGIN_HEADER_SIZE);
+
+    else if(hash == hash_connection && !strcasecmp(s, "Connection")) {
+        if(strcasestr(v, "keep-alive"))
+            web_client_enable_keepalive(w);
+    }
+    else if(respect_web_browser_do_not_track_policy && hash == hash_donottrack && !strcasecmp(s, "DNT")) {
+        if(*v == '0') web_client_disable_donottrack(w);
+        else if(*v == '1') web_client_enable_donottrack(w);
+    }
+    else if(parse_useragent && hash == hash_useragent && !strcasecmp(s, "User-Agent")) {
+        w->user_agent = strdupz(v);
+    }
+#ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+    else if(hash == hash_accept_encoding && !strcasecmp(s, "Accept-Encoding")) {
+        if(web_enable_gzip) {
+            if(strcasestr(v, "gzip"))
+                web_client_enable_deflate(w, 1);
+            //
+            // does not seem to work
+            // else if(strcasestr(v, "deflate"))
+            //  web_client_enable_deflate(w, 0);
+        }
+    }
+#endif /* NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB */
+
+    *e = ':';
+    *ve = '\r';
+    return ve;
+}
+
+// http_request_validate()
+// returns:
+// = 0 : all good, process the request
+// > 0 : request is not supported
+// < 0 : request is incomplete - wait for more data
+
+typedef enum {
+    HTTP_VALIDATION_OK,
+    HTTP_VALIDATION_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+    HTTP_VALIDATION_INCOMPLETE
+} HTTP_VALIDATION;
+
+static inline HTTP_VALIDATION http_request_validate(struct web_client *w) {
+    char *s = (char *)buffer_tostring(w->response.data), *encoded_url = NULL;
+
+    size_t last_pos = w->header_parse_last_size;
+    if(last_pos > 4) last_pos -= 4; // allow searching for \r\n\r\n
+    else last_pos = 0;
+
+    w->header_parse_tries++;
+    w->header_parse_last_size = buffer_strlen(w->response.data);
+
+    if(w->header_parse_tries > 1) {
+        if(w->header_parse_last_size < last_pos)
+            last_pos = 0;
+
+        if(strstr(&s[last_pos], "\r\n\r\n") == NULL) {
+            if(w->header_parse_tries > 10) {
+                info("Disabling slow client after %zu attempts to read the request (%zu bytes received)", w->header_parse_tries, buffer_strlen(w->response.data));
+                w->header_parse_tries = 0;
+                w->header_parse_last_size = 0;
+                web_client_disable_wait_receive(w);
+                return HTTP_VALIDATION_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+            }
+
+            return HTTP_VALIDATION_INCOMPLETE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // is is a valid request?
+    if(!strncmp(s, "GET ", 4)) {
+        encoded_url = s = &s[4];
+        w->mode = WEB_CLIENT_MODE_NORMAL;
+    }
+    else if(!strncmp(s, "OPTIONS ", 8)) {
+        encoded_url = s = &s[8];
+        w->mode = WEB_CLIENT_MODE_OPTIONS;
+    }
+    else if(!strncmp(s, "STREAM ", 7)) {
+        encoded_url = s = &s[7];
+        w->mode = WEB_CLIENT_MODE_STREAM;
+    }
+    else {
+        w->header_parse_tries = 0;
+        w->header_parse_last_size = 0;
+        web_client_disable_wait_receive(w);
+        return HTTP_VALIDATION_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+    }
+
+    // find the SPACE + "HTTP/"
+    while(*s) {
+        // find the next space
+        while (*s && *s != ' ') s++;
+
+        // is it SPACE + "HTTP/" ?
+        if(*s && !strncmp(s, " HTTP/", 6)) break;
+        else s++;
+    }
+
+    // incomplete requests
+    if(unlikely(!*s)) {
+        web_client_enable_wait_receive(w);
+        return HTTP_VALIDATION_INCOMPLETE;
+    }
+
+    // we have the end of encoded_url - remember it
+    char *ue = s;
+
+    // make sure we have complete request
+    // complete requests contain: \r\n\r\n
+    while(*s) {
+        // find a line feed
+        while(*s && *s++ != '\r');
+
+        // did we reach the end?
+        if(unlikely(!*s)) break;
+
+        // is it \r\n ?
+        if(likely(*s++ == '\n')) {
+
+            // is it again \r\n ? (header end)
+            if(unlikely(*s == '\r' && s[1] == '\n')) {
+                // a valid complete HTTP request found
+
+                *ue = '\0';
+                url_decode_r(w->decoded_url, encoded_url, NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_URL_SIZE + 1);
+                *ue = ' ';
+                
+                // copy the URL - we are going to overwrite parts of it
+                // TODO -- ideally we we should avoid copying buffers around
+                strncpyz(w->last_url, w->decoded_url, NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_URL_SIZE);
+
+                w->header_parse_tries = 0;
+                w->header_parse_last_size = 0;
+                web_client_disable_wait_receive(w);
+                return HTTP_VALIDATION_OK;
+            }
+
+            // another header line
+            s = http_header_parse(w, s,
+                    (w->mode == WEB_CLIENT_MODE_STREAM) // parse user agent
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    // incomplete request
+    web_client_enable_wait_receive(w);
+    return HTTP_VALIDATION_INCOMPLETE;
+}
+
+static inline void web_client_send_http_header(struct web_client *w) {
+    if(unlikely(w->response.code != 200))
+        buffer_no_cacheable(w->response.data);
+
+    // set a proper expiration date, if not already set
+    if(unlikely(!w->response.data->expires)) {
+        if(w->response.data->options & WB_CONTENT_NO_CACHEABLE)
+            w->response.data->expires = w->tv_ready.tv_sec + localhost->rrd_update_every;
+        else
+            w->response.data->expires = w->tv_ready.tv_sec + 86400;
+    }
+
+    // prepare the HTTP response header
+    debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Generating HTTP header with response %d.", w->id, w->response.code);
+
+    const char *content_type_string = web_content_type_to_string(w->response.data->contenttype);
+    const char *code_msg = web_response_code_to_string(w->response.code);
+
+    // prepare the last modified and expiration dates
+    char date[32], edate[32];
+    {
+        struct tm tmbuf, *tm;
+
+        tm = gmtime_r(&w->response.data->date, &tmbuf);
+        strftime(date, sizeof(date), "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z", tm);
+
+        tm = gmtime_r(&w->response.data->expires, &tmbuf);
+        strftime(edate, sizeof(edate), "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z", tm);
+    }
+
+    buffer_sprintf(w->response.header_output,
+            "HTTP/1.1 %d %s\r\n"
+                    "Connection: %s\r\n"
+                    "Server: NetData Embedded HTTP Server v%s\r\n"
+                    "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: %s\r\n"
+                    "Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true\r\n"
+                    "Content-Type: %s\r\n"
+                    "Date: %s\r\n"
+                   , w->response.code, code_msg
+                   , web_client_has_keepalive(w)?"keep-alive":"close"
+                   , VERSION
+                   , w->origin
+                   , content_type_string
+                   , date
+    );
+
+    if(unlikely(web_x_frame_options))
+        buffer_sprintf(w->response.header_output, "X-Frame-Options: %s\r\n", web_x_frame_options);
+
+    if(w->cookie1[0] || w->cookie2[0]) {
+        if(w->cookie1[0]) {
+            buffer_sprintf(w->response.header_output,
+                    "Set-Cookie: %s\r\n",
+                    w->cookie1);
+        }
+
+        if(w->cookie2[0]) {
+            buffer_sprintf(w->response.header_output,
+                    "Set-Cookie: %s\r\n",
+                    w->cookie2);
+        }
+
+        if(respect_web_browser_do_not_track_policy)
+            buffer_sprintf(w->response.header_output,
+                    "Tk: T;cookies\r\n");
+    }
+    else {
+        if(respect_web_browser_do_not_track_policy) {
+            if(web_client_has_tracking_required(w))
+                buffer_sprintf(w->response.header_output,
+                        "Tk: T;cookies\r\n");
+            else
+                buffer_sprintf(w->response.header_output,
+                        "Tk: N\r\n");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if(w->mode == WEB_CLIENT_MODE_OPTIONS) {
+        buffer_strcat(w->response.header_output,
+                "Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, OPTIONS\r\n"
+                        "Access-Control-Allow-Headers: accept, x-requested-with, origin, content-type, cookie, pragma, cache-control\r\n"
+                        "Access-Control-Max-Age: 1209600\r\n" // 86400 * 14
+        );
+    }
+    else {
+        buffer_sprintf(w->response.header_output,
+                "Cache-Control: %s\r\n"
+                        "Expires: %s\r\n",
+                (w->response.data->options & WB_CONTENT_NO_CACHEABLE)?"no-cache":"public",
+                edate);
+    }
+
+    // copy a possibly available custom header
+    if(unlikely(buffer_strlen(w->response.header)))
+        buffer_strcat(w->response.header_output, buffer_tostring(w->response.header));
+
+    // headers related to the transfer method
+    if(likely(w->response.zoutput)) {
+        buffer_strcat(w->response.header_output,
+                "Content-Encoding: gzip\r\n"
+                        "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n"
+        );
+    }
+    else {
+        if(likely((w->response.data->len || w->response.rlen))) {
+            // we know the content length, put it
+            buffer_sprintf(w->response.header_output, "Content-Length: %zu\r\n", w->response.data->len? w->response.data->len: w->response.rlen);
+        }
+        else {
+            // we don't know the content length, disable keep-alive
+            web_client_disable_keepalive(w);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // end of HTTP header
+    buffer_strcat(w->response.header_output, "\r\n");
+
+    // sent the HTTP header
+    debug(D_WEB_DATA, "%llu: Sending response HTTP header of size %zu: '%s'"
+          , w->id
+          , buffer_strlen(w->response.header_output)
+          , buffer_tostring(w->response.header_output)
+    );
+
+    web_client_crock_socket(w);
+
+    size_t count = 0;
+    ssize_t bytes;
+    while((bytes = send(w->ofd, buffer_tostring(w->response.header_output), buffer_strlen(w->response.header_output), 0)) == -1) {
+        count++;
+
+        if(count > 100 || (errno != EAGAIN && errno != EWOULDBLOCK)) {
+            error("Cannot send HTTP headers to web client.");
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if(bytes != (ssize_t) buffer_strlen(w->response.header_output)) {
+        if(bytes > 0)
+            w->stats_sent_bytes += bytes;
+
+        error("HTTP headers failed to be sent (I sent %zu bytes but the system sent %zd bytes). Closing web client."
+              , buffer_strlen(w->response.header_output)
+              , bytes);
+
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+        return;
+    }
+    else
+        w->stats_sent_bytes += bytes;
+}
+
+static inline int web_client_process_url(RRDHOST *host, struct web_client *w, char *url);
+
+static inline int web_client_switch_host(RRDHOST *host, struct web_client *w, char *url) {
+    static uint32_t hash_localhost = 0;
+
+    if(unlikely(!hash_localhost)) {
+        hash_localhost = simple_hash("localhost");
+    }
+
+    if(host != localhost) {
+        buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+        buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "Nesting of hosts is not allowed.");
+        return 400;
+    }
+
+    char *tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?&");
+    if(tok && *tok) {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for host with name '%s'.", w->id, tok);
+
+        // copy the URL, we need it to serve files
+        w->last_url[0] = '/';
+        if(url && *url) strncpyz(&w->last_url[1], url, NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_URL_SIZE - 1);
+        else w->last_url[1] = '\0';
+
+        uint32_t hash = simple_hash(tok);
+
+        host = rrdhost_find_by_hostname(tok, hash);
+        if(!host) host = rrdhost_find_by_guid(tok, hash);
+
+        if(host) return web_client_process_url(host, w, url);
+    }
+
+    buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+    w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+    buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "This netdata does not maintain a database for host: ");
+    buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, tok?tok:"");
+    return 404;
+}
+
+static inline int web_client_process_url(RRDHOST *host, struct web_client *w, char *url) {
+    static uint32_t
+            hash_api = 0,
+            hash_netdata_conf = 0,
+            hash_host = 0;
+
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
+    static uint32_t hash_exit = 0, hash_debug = 0, hash_mirror = 0;
+#endif
+
+    if(unlikely(!hash_api)) {
+        hash_api = simple_hash("api");
+        hash_netdata_conf = simple_hash("netdata.conf");
+        hash_host = simple_hash("host");
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
+        hash_exit = simple_hash("exit");
+        hash_debug = simple_hash("debug");
+        hash_mirror = simple_hash("mirror");
+#endif
+    }
+
+    char *tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?");
+    if(likely(tok && *tok)) {
+        uint32_t hash = simple_hash(tok);
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Processing command '%s'.", w->id, tok);
+
+        if(unlikely(hash == hash_api && strcmp(tok, "api") == 0)) {                           // current API
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: API request ...", w->id);
+            return check_host_and_call(host, w, url, web_client_api_request);
+        }
+        else if(unlikely(hash == hash_host && strcmp(tok, "host") == 0)) {                    // host switching
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: host switch request ...", w->id);
+            return web_client_switch_host(host, w, url);
+        }
+        else if(unlikely(hash == hash_netdata_conf && strcmp(tok, "netdata.conf") == 0)) {    // netdata.conf
+            if(unlikely(!web_client_can_access_netdataconf(w)))
+                return web_client_permission_denied(w);
+
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: generating netdata.conf ...", w->id);
+            w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_PLAIN;
+            buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+            config_generate(w->response.data, 0);
+            return 200;
+        }
+#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
+        else if(unlikely(hash == hash_exit && strcmp(tok, "exit") == 0)) {
+            if(unlikely(!web_client_can_access_netdataconf(w)))
+                return web_client_permission_denied(w);
+
+            w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_PLAIN;
+            buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+
+            if(!netdata_exit)
+                buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "ok, will do...");
+            else
+                buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "I am doing it already");
+
+            error("web request to exit received.");
+            netdata_cleanup_and_exit(0);
+            return 200;
+        }
+        else if(unlikely(hash == hash_debug && strcmp(tok, "debug") == 0)) {
+            if(unlikely(!web_client_can_access_netdataconf(w)))
+                return web_client_permission_denied(w);
+
+            buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+
+            // get the name of the data to show
+            tok = mystrsep(&url, "/?&");
+            if(tok && *tok) {
+                debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Searching for RRD data with name '%s'.", w->id, tok);
+
+                // do we have such a data set?
+                RRDSET *st = rrdset_find_byname(host, tok);
+                if(!st) st = rrdset_find(host, tok);
+                if(!st) {
+                    w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+                    buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "Chart is not found: ");
+                    buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, tok);
+                    debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: %s is not found.", w->id, tok);
+                    return 404;
+                }
+
+                debug_flags |= D_RRD_STATS;
+
+                if(rrdset_flag_check(st, RRDSET_FLAG_DEBUG))
+                    rrdset_flag_clear(st, RRDSET_FLAG_DEBUG);
+                else
+                    rrdset_flag_set(st, RRDSET_FLAG_DEBUG);
+
+                w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_HTML;
+                buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Chart has now debug %s: ", rrdset_flag_check(st, RRDSET_FLAG_DEBUG)?"enabled":"disabled");
+                buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, tok);
+                debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: debug for %s is %s.", w->id, tok, rrdset_flag_check(st, RRDSET_FLAG_DEBUG)?"enabled":"disabled");
+                return 200;
+            }
+
+            buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+            buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "debug which chart?\r\n");
+            return 400;
+        }
+        else if(unlikely(hash == hash_mirror && strcmp(tok, "mirror") == 0)) {
+            if(unlikely(!web_client_can_access_netdataconf(w)))
+                return web_client_permission_denied(w);
+
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Mirroring...", w->id);
+
+            // replace the zero bytes with spaces
+            buffer_char_replace(w->response.data, '\0', ' ');
+
+            // just leave the buffer as is
+            // it will be copied back to the client
+
+            return 200;
+        }
+#endif  /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */
+    }
+
+    char filename[FILENAME_MAX+1];
+    url = filename;
+    strncpyz(filename, w->last_url, FILENAME_MAX);
+    tok = mystrsep(&url, "?");
+    buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+    return mysendfile(w, (tok && *tok)?tok:"/");
+}
+
+void web_client_process_request(struct web_client *w) {
+
+    // start timing us
+    now_realtime_timeval(&w->tv_in);
+
+    switch(http_request_validate(w)) {
+        case HTTP_VALIDATION_OK:
+            switch(w->mode) {
+                case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_STREAM:
+                    if(unlikely(!web_client_can_access_stream(w))) {
+                        web_client_permission_denied(w);
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    w->response.code = rrdpush_receiver_thread_spawn(localhost, w, w->decoded_url);
+                    return;
+
+                case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_OPTIONS:
+                    if(unlikely(!web_client_can_access_dashboard(w) && !web_client_can_access_registry(w) && !web_client_can_access_badges(w))) {
+                        web_client_permission_denied(w);
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    w->response.data->contenttype = CT_TEXT_PLAIN;
+                    buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+                    buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "OK");
+                    w->response.code = 200;
+                    break;
+
+                case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY:
+                case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_NORMAL:
+                    if(unlikely(!web_client_can_access_dashboard(w) && !web_client_can_access_registry(w) && !web_client_can_access_badges(w))) {
+                        web_client_permission_denied(w);
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    w->response.code = web_client_process_url(localhost, w, w->decoded_url);
+                    break;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case HTTP_VALIDATION_INCOMPLETE:
+            if(w->response.data->len > NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_MAX_SIZE) {
+                strcpy(w->last_url, "too big request");
+
+                debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Received request is too big (%zu bytes).", w->id, w->response.data->len);
+
+                buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+                buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Received request is too big  (%zu bytes).\r\n", w->response.data->len);
+                w->response.code = 400;
+            }
+            else {
+                // wait for more data
+                return;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case HTTP_VALIDATION_NOT_SUPPORTED:
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT_ACCESS, "%llu: Cannot understand '%s'.", w->id, w->response.data->buffer);
+
+            buffer_flush(w->response.data);
+            buffer_strcat(w->response.data, "I don't understand you...\r\n");
+            w->response.code = 400;
+            break;
+    }
+
+    // keep track of the time we done processing
+    now_realtime_timeval(&w->tv_ready);
+
+    w->response.sent = 0;
+
+    // set a proper last modified date
+    if(unlikely(!w->response.data->date))
+        w->response.data->date = w->tv_ready.tv_sec;
+
+    web_client_send_http_header(w);
+
+    // enable sending immediately if we have data
+    if(w->response.data->len) web_client_enable_wait_send(w);
+    else web_client_disable_wait_send(w);
+
+    switch(w->mode) {
+        case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_STREAM:
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: STREAM done.", w->id);
+            break;
+
+        case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_OPTIONS:
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Done preparing the OPTIONS response. Sending data (%zu bytes) to client.", w->id, w->response.data->len);
+            break;
+
+        case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_NORMAL:
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Done preparing the response. Sending data (%zu bytes) to client.", w->id, w->response.data->len);
+            break;
+
+        case WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY:
+            if(w->response.rlen) {
+                debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Done preparing the response. Will be sending data file of %zu bytes to client.", w->id, w->response.rlen);
+                web_client_enable_wait_receive(w);
+
+                /*
+                // utilize the kernel sendfile() for copying the file to the socket.
+                // this block of code can be commented, without anything missing.
+                // when it is commented, the program will copy the data using async I/O.
+                {
+                    long len = sendfile(w->ofd, w->ifd, NULL, w->response.data->rbytes);
+                    if(len != w->response.data->rbytes)
+                        error("%llu: sendfile() should copy %ld bytes, but copied %ld. Falling back to manual copy.", w->id, w->response.data->rbytes, len);
+                    else
+                        web_client_request_done(w);
+                }
+                */
+            }
+            else
+                debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Done preparing the response. Will be sending an unknown amount of bytes to client.", w->id);
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            fatal("%llu: Unknown client mode %u.", w->id, w->mode);
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+ssize_t web_client_send_chunk_header(struct web_client *w, size_t len)
+{
+    debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: OPEN CHUNK of %zu bytes (hex: %zx).", w->id, len, len);
+    char buf[24];
+    sprintf(buf, "%zX\r\n", len);
+    
+    ssize_t bytes = send(w->ofd, buf, strlen(buf), 0);
+    if(bytes > 0) {
+        debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Sent chunk header %zd bytes.", w->id, bytes);
+        w->stats_sent_bytes += bytes;
+    }
+
+    else if(bytes == 0) {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Did not send chunk header to the client.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+    else {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Failed to send chunk header to client.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+
+    return bytes;
+}
+
+ssize_t web_client_send_chunk_close(struct web_client *w)
+{
+    //debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: CLOSE CHUNK.", w->id);
+
+    ssize_t bytes = send(w->ofd, "\r\n", 2, 0);
+    if(bytes > 0) {
+        debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Sent chunk suffix %zd bytes.", w->id, bytes);
+        w->stats_sent_bytes += bytes;
+    }
+
+    else if(bytes == 0) {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Did not send chunk suffix to the client.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+    else {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Failed to send chunk suffix to client.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+
+    return bytes;
+}
+
+ssize_t web_client_send_chunk_finalize(struct web_client *w)
+{
+    //debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: FINALIZE CHUNK.", w->id);
+
+    ssize_t bytes = send(w->ofd, "\r\n0\r\n\r\n", 7, 0);
+    if(bytes > 0) {
+        debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Sent chunk suffix %zd bytes.", w->id, bytes);
+        w->stats_sent_bytes += bytes;
+    }
+
+    else if(bytes == 0) {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Did not send chunk finalize suffix to the client.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+    else {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Failed to send chunk finalize suffix to client.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+
+    return bytes;
+}
+
+#ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+ssize_t web_client_send_deflate(struct web_client *w)
+{
+    ssize_t len = 0, t = 0;
+
+    // when using compression,
+    // w->response.sent is the amount of bytes passed through compression
+
+    debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: web_client_send_deflate(): w->response.data->len = %zu, w->response.sent = %zu, w->response.zhave = %zu, w->response.zsent = %zu, w->response.zstream.avail_in = %u, w->response.zstream.avail_out = %u, w->response.zstream.total_in = %lu, w->response.zstream.total_out = %lu.",
+        w->id, w->response.data->len, w->response.sent, w->response.zhave, w->response.zsent, w->response.zstream.avail_in, w->response.zstream.avail_out, w->response.zstream.total_in, w->response.zstream.total_out);
+
+    if(w->response.data->len - w->response.sent == 0 && w->response.zstream.avail_in == 0 && w->response.zhave == w->response.zsent && w->response.zstream.avail_out != 0) {
+        // there is nothing to send
+
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Out of output data.", w->id);
+
+        // finalize the chunk
+        if(w->response.sent != 0) {
+            t = web_client_send_chunk_finalize(w);
+            if(t < 0) return t;
+        }
+
+        if(w->mode == WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY && web_client_has_wait_receive(w) && w->response.rlen && w->response.rlen > w->response.data->len) {
+            // we have to wait, more data will come
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Waiting for more data to become available.", w->id);
+            web_client_disable_wait_send(w);
+            return t;
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(!web_client_has_keepalive(w))) {
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Closing (keep-alive is not enabled). %zu bytes sent.", w->id, w->response.sent);
+            WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+            return t;
+        }
+
+        // reset the client
+        web_client_request_done(w);
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Done sending all data on socket.", w->id);
+        return t;
+    }
+
+    if(w->response.zhave == w->response.zsent) {
+        // compress more input data
+
+        // close the previous open chunk
+        if(w->response.sent != 0) {
+            t = web_client_send_chunk_close(w);
+            if(t < 0) return t;
+        }
+
+        debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Compressing %zu new bytes starting from %zu (and %u left behind).", w->id, (w->response.data->len - w->response.sent), w->response.sent, w->response.zstream.avail_in);
+
+        // give the compressor all the data not passed through the compressor yet
+        if(w->response.data->len > w->response.sent) {
+            w->response.zstream.next_in = (Bytef *)&w->response.data->buffer[w->response.sent - w->response.zstream.avail_in];
+            w->response.zstream.avail_in += (uInt) (w->response.data->len - w->response.sent);
+        }
+
+        // reset the compressor output buffer
+        w->response.zstream.next_out = w->response.zbuffer;
+        w->response.zstream.avail_out = NETDATA_WEB_RESPONSE_ZLIB_CHUNK_SIZE;
+
+        // ask for FINISH if we have all the input
+        int flush = Z_SYNC_FLUSH;
+        if(w->mode == WEB_CLIENT_MODE_NORMAL
+            || (w->mode == WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY && !web_client_has_wait_receive(w) && w->response.data->len == w->response.rlen)) {
+            flush = Z_FINISH;
+            debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Requesting Z_FINISH, if possible.", w->id);
+        }
+        else {
+            debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Requesting Z_SYNC_FLUSH.", w->id);
+        }
+
+        // compress
+        if(deflate(&w->response.zstream, flush) == Z_STREAM_ERROR) {
+            error("%llu: Compression failed. Closing down client.", w->id);
+            web_client_request_done(w);
+            return(-1);
+        }
+
+        w->response.zhave = NETDATA_WEB_RESPONSE_ZLIB_CHUNK_SIZE - w->response.zstream.avail_out;
+        w->response.zsent = 0;
+
+        // keep track of the bytes passed through the compressor
+        w->response.sent = w->response.data->len;
+
+        debug(D_DEFLATE, "%llu: Compression produced %zu bytes.", w->id, w->response.zhave);
+
+        // open a new chunk
+        ssize_t t2 = web_client_send_chunk_header(w, w->response.zhave);
+        if(t2 < 0) return t2;
+        t += t2;
+    }
+    
+    debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Sending %zu bytes of data (+%zd of chunk header).", w->id, w->response.zhave - w->response.zsent, t);
+
+    len = send(w->ofd, &w->response.zbuffer[w->response.zsent], (size_t) (w->response.zhave - w->response.zsent), MSG_DONTWAIT);
+    if(len > 0) {
+        w->stats_sent_bytes += len;
+        w->response.zsent += len;
+        len += t;
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Sent %zd bytes.", w->id, len);
+    }
+    else if(len == 0) {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Did not send any bytes to the client (zhave = %zu, zsent = %zu, need to send = %zu).",
+            w->id, w->response.zhave, w->response.zsent, w->response.zhave - w->response.zsent);
+
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+    else {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Failed to send data to client.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+
+    return(len);
+}
+#endif // NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+
+ssize_t web_client_send(struct web_client *w) {
+#ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+    if(likely(w->response.zoutput)) return web_client_send_deflate(w);
+#endif // NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
+
+    ssize_t bytes;
+
+    if(unlikely(w->response.data->len - w->response.sent == 0)) {
+        // there is nothing to send
+
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Out of output data.", w->id);
+
+        // there can be two cases for this
+        // A. we have done everything
+        // B. we temporarily have nothing to send, waiting for the buffer to be filled by ifd
+
+        if(w->mode == WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY && web_client_has_wait_receive(w) && w->response.rlen && w->response.rlen > w->response.data->len) {
+            // we have to wait, more data will come
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Waiting for more data to become available.", w->id);
+            web_client_disable_wait_send(w);
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if(unlikely(!web_client_has_keepalive(w))) {
+            debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Closing (keep-alive is not enabled). %zu bytes sent.", w->id, w->response.sent);
+            WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        web_client_request_done(w);
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Done sending all data on socket. Waiting for next request on the same socket.", w->id);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    bytes = send(w->ofd, &w->response.data->buffer[w->response.sent], w->response.data->len - w->response.sent, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+    if(likely(bytes > 0)) {
+        w->stats_sent_bytes += bytes;
+        w->response.sent += bytes;
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Sent %zd bytes.", w->id, bytes);
+    }
+    else if(likely(bytes == 0)) {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Did not send any bytes to the client.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+    else {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Failed to send data to client.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+
+    return(bytes);
+}
+
+ssize_t web_client_read_file(struct web_client *w)
+{
+    if(unlikely(w->response.rlen > w->response.data->size))
+        buffer_need_bytes(w->response.data, w->response.rlen - w->response.data->size);
+
+    if(unlikely(w->response.rlen <= w->response.data->len))
+        return 0;
+
+    ssize_t left = w->response.rlen - w->response.data->len;
+    ssize_t bytes = read(w->ifd, &w->response.data->buffer[w->response.data->len], (size_t)left);
+    if(likely(bytes > 0)) {
+        size_t old = w->response.data->len;
+        (void)old;
+
+        w->response.data->len += bytes;
+        w->response.data->buffer[w->response.data->len] = '\0';
+
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Read %zd bytes.", w->id, bytes);
+        debug(D_WEB_DATA, "%llu: Read data: '%s'.", w->id, &w->response.data->buffer[old]);
+
+        web_client_enable_wait_send(w);
+
+        if(w->response.rlen && w->response.data->len >= w->response.rlen)
+            web_client_disable_wait_receive(w);
+    }
+    else if(likely(bytes == 0)) {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Out of input file data.", w->id);
+
+        // if we cannot read, it means we have an error on input.
+        // if however, we are copying a file from ifd to ofd, we should not return an error.
+        // in this case, the error should be generated when the file has been sent to the client.
+
+        // we are copying data from ifd to ofd
+        // let it finish copying...
+        web_client_disable_wait_receive(w);
+
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Read the whole file.", w->id);
+
+        if(web_server_mode != WEB_SERVER_MODE_STATIC_THREADED) {
+            if (w->ifd != w->ofd) close(w->ifd);
+        }
+
+        w->ifd = w->ofd;
+    }
+    else {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: read data failed.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+
+    return(bytes);
+}
+
+ssize_t web_client_receive(struct web_client *w)
+{
+    if(unlikely(w->mode == WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY))
+        return web_client_read_file(w);
+
+    // do we have any space for more data?
+    buffer_need_bytes(w->response.data, NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_RECEIVE_SIZE);
+
+    ssize_t left = w->response.data->size - w->response.data->len;
+    ssize_t bytes = recv(w->ifd, &w->response.data->buffer[w->response.data->len], (size_t) (left - 1), MSG_DONTWAIT);
+
+    if(likely(bytes > 0)) {
+        w->stats_received_bytes += bytes;
+
+        size_t old = w->response.data->len;
+        (void)old;
+
+        w->response.data->len += bytes;
+        w->response.data->buffer[w->response.data->len] = '\0';
+
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: Received %zd bytes.", w->id, bytes);
+        debug(D_WEB_DATA, "%llu: Received data: '%s'.", w->id, &w->response.data->buffer[old]);
+    }
+    else {
+        debug(D_WEB_CLIENT, "%llu: receive data failed.", w->id);
+        WEB_CLIENT_IS_DEAD(w);
+    }
+
+    return(bytes);
+}