fileserver

fileserver

fileserver is a simple linux utility that serves local files over HTTPS. Let's Encrypt is used to automatically generate SSL certificates.

Install

go install github.com/mikerybka/fileserver@latest

Usage

Simply arrange a directory so that the top level only filled with other directorys; each named after the host you want to serve. For example:

example.com
  index.html
  blog
    post-1.html
api.example.com
  blog
    post-1.json
example.org
  index.html

You can add/edit/rename/move any file or host directory without needing to reload the server.

To start the server:

fileserver <file_directory> <certificate_directory> <logs_directory> <email>

• file_directory is the directory of files you want to serve.
• certificate_directory is the directory used to store your generated SSL certificates.
• logs_directory is the directory used to store a log entry for each incoming request.
• email is a contact email that Let's Encrypt can use to notify you about problems with issued certificates.

Example systemd service

/etc/systemd/system/fileserver.service

[Unit]
Description=fileserver

[Service]
ExecStart=/root/go/bin/fileserver /root/public /root/certs /root/logs you@example.com

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start fileserver
systemctl status fileserver