httpe

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HTTP Everything

Make everything available over HTTP. Execute shell scripts on remote machines via an HTTP request.

To execute a command or script on a remote system the most common approach is using SSH. While SSH is super versatile, it has some drawbacks. Usually you expose a login shell to the network. For many use cases this is too much.

So why not exposing a single command via HTTP(s) and call it with curl? The httpe server makes it easy and secure. Just define a route and a command and start the server.

HTTPE can do more for you:

• Execute commands via HTTP request
• Make requests and commands dynamic by using templates
• Respond with static content
• Service directories
• Send emails via HTTP requests
• Execute commands asynchronously

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