1. Linux

1.1. Simple HTTP Server

1.2. Simple HTTPS Server

  • See https://gist.github.com/DannyHinshaw/a3ac5991d66a2fe6d97a569c6cdac534.

    sudo apt-get install python3-openssl
openssl req -new -x509 -keyout key.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes

  • Contents of the simple-https-server-python2.py file.

    # taken from http://www.piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/
# generate server.xml with the following command:
#    openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
# run as follows:
#    python simple-https-server.py
# then in your browser, visit:
#    https://localhost:4443

import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer
import ssl

httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('localhost', 4443), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket (httpd.socket, certfile='./server.pem', server_side=True)
httpd.serve_forever()
    python simple-https-server-python2.py

  • Contents of the simple-https-server-python3.py file.

    # taken from http://www.piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/
# generate server.pem with the following command:
#    openssl req -new -x509 -keyout key.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
# run as follows:
#    python simple-https-server.py
# then in your browser, visit:
#    https://localhost:4443

#server_address = ('', 443)

import http.server
import ssl

#server_address = ('localhost', 4443)
#server_address = ('', 4443)
server_address = ('', 8000)
#server_address = ('', 443)
httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(server_address, http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
ctx = ssl.SSLContext(protocol=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
ctx.load_cert_chain(certfile="server.pem", keyfile="key.pem")
httpd.socket = ctx.wrap_socket(httpd.socket, server_side=True)
httpd.serve_forever()
    python3 simple-https-server-python3.py

2. Windows

2.1. Simple HTTP/HTTPS Server

  • Enter the following commands at a Command Prompt.

    Start-SimpleWebServer