Static Server

A static server in Go, supporting hosting static files in the no-trailing-slash version.

Installation

Get and install the repository using go get.

go get -u -v github.com/zhanbei/static-server

Applications

There are multiple entrances for several standalone applications, lightweight and special-purposed, or heavy and powerful.

1. A/The Simple Static Site Server static-server assss zss
2. Lightweight VHSS vhssl
3. VHSS with MongoDB Driver vhssdb
   • Load configures and combine with interfaces.

Configures and Options

Support multiple targets(file/stdout/files/mongodb) in multiple(possible) formats(text(common/combined/extended)/json/custom).

Tools to convert between BSON, JSON, and Text may be needed.

• Server
  • Virtual Hosting false
    • Whether to enable virtual hosting; @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_hosting
  • No Trailing Slash false
    • Hosting static files in the no-trailing-slash mode.
  • Directory Listing false
    • Listing files of a directory if the index.html is not found when in the normal mode.
  • TrustProxyIp true
    • This server will be running behind a reverse proxy, and prefer to fetch the remote ip from header [ X-Remote-Addr > X-Forwarded-For > IP ] over ctx.Request.Ip.
• Loggers
  • Enabled false
  • Format "text" | "json"
  • Per Host false
    • A log file per host.
  • Target "stdout" | ${file} ${dir}
    • The value should be "stdout"|${file} if the perHost option is false.
    • The value should be ${dir} if the perHost option is true.
• Mongo
  • Enabled false
  • Connection "mongodb://${hostname}:${port=27017}"
  • Database string
  • Collection Prefix "logging.vhss"

Libraries to receive arguments and options.

1. Command-line Arguments
   • urfave/cli: A simple, fast, and fun package for building command line apps in Go
   • go-micro/config/source/cli at master · micro/go-micro
2. Configuration File
   • go-micro/config/source/file at master · micro/go-micro

Examples of Usage

# Serving the current folder on a specific port.
static-server 1234

# Serving a specific folder on a specific port.
static-server 1234 ./some-folder/site-root

# Serving a folder in the no-trailing-slash mode.
static-server --no-trailing-slash 1234 ./some-folder/site-root

# Serving a folder in the no-trailing-slash mode with virtual hosting.
static-server --no-trailing-slash --enable-virtual-hosting 1234 ./some-folder/site-root

Run static-server --help to get the help text, like shown below:

NAME:
   static-server - A static server in Go, supporting hosting static files in the no-trailing-slash version.

USAGE:
   static-server [global options] [<http-address>:]<http-port> <www-root-directory>

VERSION:
   0.9.0

DESCRIPTION:
   A static server in Go, supporting hosting static files in the no-trailing-slash version.

COMMANDS:
     help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --enable-virtual-hosting  Whether to enable virtual hosting; @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_hosting
   --no-trailing-slash       Hosting static files in the no-trailing-slash mode.
   --help, -h                show help
   --version, -v             print the version