hs3

Create a daemon http server by one command.

A tool to create daemon http/https static files server

Key features

1. running background
2. auto restart service after linux/windows reboot
3. very fast, no hack, easy to use, just works!

How to use

npm install -g hs3

# move to the directory which you want to serve as static files 
hs3

Custom config

If you want custom configuration, create a hs3.config.json in the same directory.

Content example

{
  "port": 3000,
  "cert": "./relative-path-to-cert-file",
  "key": "./relative-path-to-key-file"
}

| keyname | Description | |-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | port | the port you want to use | | cert, key | If you set both cert and key file path, then will serve with https, else serve with http |

If you don't create the json file, the default config is

{
  "port": 3000
}

How to restart service after linux/windows reboot

hs3 use pm2 to run as background task. So type following scripts to enable restart after reboot

#skip this step if you already installed pm2
npm install -g pm2

# restart after reboot
pm2 startup
pm2 save

Related link

• https://github.com/AJLoveChina/hs2 - 💪a command-line http server with auto-generated ssl cert (支持自动生成ssl证书的http-server, 兼容所有功能)
• https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/632510834 - hs3 - 3秒之内创建一个可以后台运行且开机自启动的http-server(开发测试人员必备工具)