http-server-basicauth-ssl: a command-line http server

http-server-basicauth-ssl is a simple, zero-configuration command-line securised Http Server based on :

• http-server
• BasicAuth
• SSL

The main purpose was to have the same usefull tool as http-server but with more flexibility and security.

It is powerful enough for production usage, but it's simple and hackable enough to be used for testing, local development, and learning.

Installing globally:

Installation via npm. If you don't have npm yet:

 curl https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

Once you have npm:

 npm install http-server-basicauth-ssl -g

This will install http-server-basicauth-ssl globally so that it may be run from the command line.

Usage:

 http-server-basicauth-ssl  [path] [options]

[path] defaults to ./public if the folder exists, and ./ otherwise.

Installing as a node app

 mkdir myapp
 cd myapp/
 jitsu install http-server-basicauth-ssl 

If you do not have jitsu installed you can install it via npm install jitsu -g

Usage

Starting http-server-basicauth-ssl locally

 node bin/http-server-basicauth-ssl 

Now you can visit http://localhost:8080 to view your server

Deploy http-server-basicauth-ssl to nodejitsu

 jitsu deploy

You will now be prompted for a subdomain to deploy your application on

Available Options:

-p Port to use [8080]

-a Address to use [0.0.0.0]

-d Show directory listings [true]

-i Display autoIndex [true]

-o Open browser window after staring the server

-c Set cache time (in seconds). e.g. -c10 for 10 seconds To disable caching, use -c-1.

-e --ext Default file extension if none supplied [none]

-s --silent Suppress log messages from output

-h --help Print this list and exit.

--user User name for basic authenication [none]

--pass Password for basic authenication [none]

--cors Enable CORS via the 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header

-S --ssl Enable https.

-C --cert Path to ssl cert file (default: cert.pem)

-K --key Path to ssl key file (default: key.pem)

-h --help Print this list and exit."