gowebserver

README

Go Web Server

A simple, convenient, reliable, well tested HTTP/HTTPS web server to host static files. It can host a local directory or contents of a zip file.

# Host the directory you're currently in.
gowebserver

# Host your home directory.
gowebserver --directory=${HOME}

# Host a zip file from the internet.
gowebserver --directory=https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/archive/v1.5.zip

Features

• Zero-config required, hosts on port 80 or 8080 based on root and supports Cloud9's $PORT variable.
• HTTP and HTTPs serving
• Automatic HTTPs certificate generation
• Optional configuration by flags or YAML config file.
• Host static files from:
  • Local directory (current directory is default)
  • ZIP archive (local or from HTTP/HTTPS)
  • Tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2) archive
• Metrics export to Prometheus.
• Prebuild binaries for all major OSes.
• Ubuntu snappy packaging for Raspberry Pi and other IoT devices.

Downloads

OS    | Arch  | Link

----------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux | amd64 | curl -O -L https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/releases/download/v1.5/server-amd64 Linux | arm | curl -O -L https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/releases/download/v1.5/server-arm Linux | 386 | curl -O -L https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/releases/download/v1.5/server-386 Windows | amd64 | curl -O -L https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/releases/download/v1.5/server-amd64.exe Windows | 386 | curl -O -L https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/releases/download/v1.5/server-386.exe

Build

Status:

Install Go 1.5+.

git clone git@github.com:jeremyje/gowebserver.git --recursive
make

OR

go build gowebserver

Test

make test
make bench