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Start an apache server in any directory from command line

I want to be able to start an apache server from the command line, typing something like apache site-folder or apache . --port=2000

This should read and use .htaccess files.

I know about python -m SimpleHTTPServer and it's close to what I need, but not quite.

Ideal solutions:

  1. Contributing a great command line interface to apache itself
  2. Writing a simple command line tool that wraps/contains apache (or something)
  3. Linking to docs on an existing cli for apache

I just want to type command <Directory> --port=8000 --other-options

The command name could also be pache

At some point I may want to use this in production. It should be easy to send the process to the background, and then stop that instance or all instances, like forever

Relevant links: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/httpd.html

Also

It should be only one command for anyone to install the script for immediate use

Solution

  • http-server is a much better simple http server than pache, it's what I use currently! :)

    Use [pache][1]

    Install with npm - which comes with node here: http://nodejs.org/

    sudo npm install pache -g

    Run on current dir, port 3000:

    pache

    Or specify directory and port:

    pache site-directory 2000

    [1]: https://github.com/devinrhode2/pache