ENH: Allow plain HTTP

src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/CaosDBServer.java

@@ -545,11 +545,23 @@ public class CaosDBServer extends Application {
 
     // redirector http to https
     if (port_http != 0) {
-      logger.info("Redirecting to " + port_redirect_https);
+      if (isHttpToHttpsRedirect()) {
+        logger.info("Redirecting HTTP " + port_http + " to HTTPS " + port_redirect_https);
         component
             .getServers()
             .add(Protocol.HTTP, server_bind_address, port_http)
             .setNext(new HttpToHttpsRedirector(port_redirect_https));
+      } else {
+        final Server httpServer =
+            new Server(
+                (Context) null,
+                Arrays.asList(Protocol.HTTP),
+                server_bind_address,
+                port_http,
+                (Restlet) null,
+                "org.restlet.ext.jetty.HttpServerHelper");
+        component.getServers().add(httpServer);
+      }
     }
 
     // set initial and maximal connections
@@ -601,6 +613,16 @@ public class CaosDBServer extends Application {
     }
   }
 
+  private static boolean isHttpToHttpsRedirect() {
+
+    try {
+      return !getServerProperty(ServerProperties.KEY_REDIRECT_HTTP_TO_HTTPS_PORT)
+          .equalsIgnoreCase("false");
+    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Specify the dispatching restlet that maps URIs to their associated resources for processing.
    *
@@ -997,7 +1019,7 @@ class CaosDBComponent extends Component {
     request.getAttributes().put("SRID", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
     response.setServerInfo(CaosDBServer.getServerInfo());
     super.handle(request, response);
-    response.getHeaders().set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*", true);
+    response.setAccessControlAllowOrigin("*");
     log(request, response, t1);
   }