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> My favourite is thttpd [1] which is super tiny, battle-tested and actually meant for the job (and only this job). It's available as a package on most Linux di
by throw0101a 6y ago
> My favourite is thttpd [1] which is super tiny, battle-tested and actually meant for the job (and only this job). It's available as a package on most Linux distros.
Surprising not on Debian or Ubuntu AFAICT:
* https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=thttpd https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=thttpd
Though it does seem to have this from the same author:
* https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mini-httpd https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mini-httpd
* http://www.acme.com/software/mini_httpd/ http://www.acme.com/software/mini_httpd/
There are times that I want to run Let's Encrypt that's not a full-time web server (SMTP, IMAP, etc), and it would be handy to spin up something ad hoc on tcp/80 to do the verification step and then stop it right after.