VMware Labs has actually unveiled an extension module for Apache’s popular web server that runs WebAssembly binaries, opening new possibilities for languages and jobs to run securely in Apache.The mod_wasm extension module enables the Apache HTTP Server to respond to HTTP demands with applications compiled to WebAssembly. Internally, mod_wasm uses the Wasmtime secure runtime to configure and run Wasm modules.When an Apache HTTP Server is run with mod_wasm enabled, the Wasm module is preloaded into memory as part of a process to accelerate demand handling by not filling the Wasm module from scratch whenever a request is received.Unveiled on
GitHub previously this month, mod-wasm is composed of 2 libraries: mod_wasm. so, which provides an interface between the Apache C API and Rust library to handle the Wasm runtime. This library is accountable for Apache setup alternatives and the bindings to link the Rust library with Apache. libwasm. _ runtime.so, which gets HTTP requests from Apache
