mongoose/docs/overview/build-options.md

Build options

Mongoose source code ships in a single .c file that contains functionality for all supported protocols (modules). Modules can be disabled at compile time which reduces the executable's size. That can be done by setting preprocessor flags. Also, some preprocessor flags can be used to tune internal Mongoose parameters.

To set a preprocessor flag during compile time, use the -D <PREPROCESSOR_FLAG> compiler option. For example, to disable both MQTT and CoAP, compile the application my_app.c like this (assumed UNIX system):

  $ cc my_app.c mongoose.c -D MG_DISABLE_MQTT -D MG_DISABLE_COAP

Enabling flags

• MG_ENABLE_SSL Enable SSL/TLS support (OpenSSL API)
• MG_ENABLE_IPV6 Enable IPv6 support
• MG_ENABLE_MQTT enable MQTT client (on by default, set to 0 to disable)
• MG_ENABLE_MQTT_BROKER enable MQTT broker
• MG_ENABLE_DNS_SERVER enable DNS server
• MG_ENABLE_COAP enable CoAP protocol
• MG_ENABLE_HTTP Enable HTTP protocol support (on by default, set to 0 to disable)
• MG_ENABLE_HTTP_CGI Enable CGI support
• MG_ENABLE_HTTP_SSI Enable Server Side Includes support
• MG_ENABLE_HTTP_SSI_EXEC Enable SSI exec operator
• MG_ENABLE_HTTP_WEBDAV enable WebDAV extensions to HTTP
• MG_ENABLE_HTTP_WEBSOCKET enable WebSocket extension to HTTP (on by default, =0 to disable)
• MG_ENABLE_BROADCAST enable mg_broadcast() API
• MG_ENABLE_GETADDRINFO enable getaddrinfo() in mg_resolve2()
• MG_ENABLE_THREADS enable mg_start_thread() API

Disabling flags

• MG_DISABLE_HTTP_DIGEST_AUTH disable HTTP Digest (MD5) authorisation support
• CS_DISABLE_SHA1 disable SHA1 support (used by WebSocket)
• CS_DISABLE_MD5 disable MD5 support (used by HTTP auth)
• MG_DISABLE_HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE useful for embedded systems to save resources

Platform specific

Mongoose tries to detect the target platform whenever possible, but in some cases you have to explicitly declare some peculiarities of your target, such as:

• MG_CC3200: enable workarounds for the TI CC3200 target.
• MG_ESP8266: enable workarounds for the ESP8266 target, add RTOS_SDK to specify the RTOS SDK flavour.

Tunables

• MG_MALLOC, MG_CALLOC, MG_REALLOC, MG_FREE allow you to a use custom memory allocator, e.g. -DMG_MALLOC=my_malloc
• MG_USE_READ_WRITE when set replaces calls to recv with read and send with write, thus enabling to add any kind of file descriptor (files, serial devices) to an event manager.
• MG_SSL_CRYPTO_MODERN, MG_SSL_CRYPTO_OLD - choose either "Modern" or "Old" ciphers instead of the default "Intermediate" setting. See this article for details.
• MG_USER_FILE_FUNCTIONS allow you to use custom file operation, by defining you own mg_stat, mg_fopen, mg_open, mg_fread and mg_fwrite functions