gogetdata

README

General

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Author

• Josh McIntyre

Website

• jmcintyre.net

Overview

• GoGetData is a simple certificate generation and static data web server demo

Development

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Git Workflow

• master for releases (merge development)
• development for bugfixes and new features

Building

• make build Build the application - wraps go build
• make clean Clean the build directory

Features

• Serve static files requested via HTTP(S)
• Generates a self-signed certificate with private key
• Writes certificate and private key to disk, PEM encoded
• Uses existing certificate and key if they exist

Requirements

• Requires Go language build tools

Platforms

• Windows
• MacOSX
• Linux

Usage

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Command Line Usage

• Run ./gogetdata
• Use a web browser to request a file in the same directory as the server binary
• Default port is 443 - request files such as https://localhost/
• Generated certificates are self-signed, so you will need to configure your browswer/application to accept them
• Certificate and key files are placed up one directory from the server binary, and are PEM encoded