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+<?php
+/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2022 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2+ */
+
+namespace Icinga\Application\Daemon;
+
+use Icinga\Application\Logger;
+use Icinga\Data\ConfigObject;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+use React\EventLoop\LoopInterface;
+use React\Http\HttpServer;
+use React\Http\Message\Response;
+use React\Socket\SocketServer;
+
+class HttpJob implements DaemonJob
+{
+    /** @var string */
+    protected $socketPath;
+
+    /** @var SocketServer */
+    protected $socket;
+
+    /** @var HttpServer */
+    protected $server;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new HttpJob
+     *
+     * @param ConfigObject $config
+     */
+    public function __construct(ConfigObject $config)
+    {
+        $this->socketPath = $config->get('socket', '/var/run/icingawebd.socket');
+    }
+
+    public function attach(LoopInterface $loop): void
+    {
+        Logger::info('Starting handling of incoming HTTP requests');
+
+        if (file_exists($this->socketPath)) {
+            // The SocketServer itself doesn't remove it, for whatever reason, and fails on restart if we don't either
+            unlink($this->socketPath);
+        }
+
+        $this->socket = new SocketServer('unix://' . $this->socketPath, [], $loop);
+        $this->server = new HttpServer($loop, function ($req) {
+            return $this->handle($req);
+        });
+        $this->server->listen($this->socket);
+    }
+
+    public function cancel(): void
+    {
+        Logger::info('Stopping handling of incoming HTTP requests');
+
+        $this->socket->close();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handle the given HTTP request
+     *
+     * @param ServerRequestInterface $request
+     *
+     * @return ResponseInterface
+     */
+    protected function handle(ServerRequestInterface $request): ResponseInterface
+    {
+        return Response::plaintext('Hello World!' . PHP_EOL);
+    }
+}