how serve static files on localhost

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How spin up http server to serve static files in a few seconds.

Using python 

python -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1
python -m http.server --directory /path-to-dir-with-static-files/
python -m http.server 8000 --directory /path-to-dir-with-static-files/
python -m http.server 9106 --directory /path/to/dir/with/static/files

Using npx 

npx http-server -p 7890 --cors="*" /path/to/dir/with/static/files

Using docker

  • and nginx
    • on windows
    # Serve files from current directory
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:80 -v %cd%:/usr/share/nginx/html nginx:alpine 

# Serve files from specific directory
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:80 -v /path/to/your/files:/usr/share/nginx/html nginx:alpine
    • on linux
    # Serve files from current directory
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:80 -v $(pwd):/usr/share/nginx/html nginx:alpine

# Serve files from specific directory
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:80 -v /path/to/your/files:/usr/share/nginx/html nginx:alpine
  • or apache
    • on windows
    # Serve files from current directory
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:80 -v %cd%:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs httpd:alpine

# Serve files from specific directory
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:80 -v /path/to/your/files:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs httpd:alpine
    • on linux
    # Serve files from current directory
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:80 -v $(pwd):/usr/local/apache2/htdocs httpd:alpine

# Serve files from specific directory
docker run -it --rm -p 8080:80 -v /path/to/your/files:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs httpd:alpine