C socket program as web server to run in cloud, not receiving any response from browser

Just tested your code on a CentOS 6.4 machine. It worked... I had "Connection Accepted" from

"http://localhost:8080" 

and from another machine on the network, I entered

"http://192.168.2.22:8080" 

and got a "Connection Accepted" on the Linux console. Also, both IP address and "localhost" worked from the machine running the program. I'm pretty sure it's a network issue.

But try changing your code a bit just for the heck of it...

Try this:

change:

socket_desc = socket(AF_INET , SOCK_STREAM , 0);

to:

socket_desc = socket(AF_INET , SOCK_STREAM , IPPROTO_TCP);

add:

close(new_socket);

after:

write(new_socket , message , strlen(message));

and once again, for the heck of it...add:

memset(&server, 0, sizeof(server));

before you use your server struct.

you check the firewall settings of running host.

if it is linux, use command

netstat -atnp - to see your program is opened the desired port (8080) or not.

service iptables stop - to stop firewall in old versions

systemctl stop firewalld - to stop firewall in latest versions

enable firewall again once you completed testing your program by replacing stop by start.

or allow TCP port 8080 in firewall settings if you want to permanently use that port