gowebserver

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.

# Download (linux amd64, see Downloads for other builds)
curl -o gowebserver -O -L https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/releases/download/v2.7.0/server-amd64; chmod +x gowebserver

# Host the current directory.
./gowebserver

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

# Host a zip file from the internet.
./gowebserver --path=https://github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/archive/v2.7.0.zip

# Install in your Kubernetes Cluster.
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/main/install/kubernetes.yaml

Windows Service

sc.exe create gowebserver start= delayed-auto binpath= "C:\apps\gowebserver.exe -configfile=C:\apps\gowebserver.yaml"
sc.exe failure gowebserver reset= 0 actions= restart/1000
sc.exe start gowebserver

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 local or HTTP served static files from:
  • Local directory (current directory is default)
  • ZIP archive
  • Tarball archive (.tar, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, .tar.lz4, .tar.xz)
  • 7-zip
  • RAR
  • Git repository (HTTPS, SSH)
• Metrics export to Prometheus.
• Prebuild binaries for all major OSes.

Downloads

Build

Install Go 1.19 or newer.

# Install Dependencies for Building and Testing
sudo apt-add-repository non-free
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y -q install lz4 p7zip-full rar unrar

# Clone the Codebase
git clone git@github.com:jeremyje/gowebserver.git
# Build the Code
make -j$(nproc)

Test

make test
make bench

Sample

Sample code for embedding a HTTP/HTTPS server in your application.

package main

import (
  "github.com/jeremyje/gowebserver/v2/pkg/gowebserver"
  "go.uber.org/zap"
)

func main() {
  logger, err := zap.NewProduction()
  if err != nil {
    zap.S().Fatal(err)
  }
  if err == nil {
    zap.ReplaceGlobals(logger)
  }
  defer logger.Sync()
  httpServer, err := gowebserver.New(&gowebserver.Config{
    Serve: []gowebserver.Serve{{Source: ".", Endpoint: "/"}},
  })
  if err != nil {
    zap.S().Fatal(err)
  }

  termCh := make(chan error)
  httpServer.Serve(termCh)
}