Your Question: How Do I Create an Http Server in Linux?

How do I start an HTTP server in Linux?

Debian/Ubuntu Linux Specific Commands to Start/Stop/Restart Apache

1. Restart Apache 2 web server, enter: # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart. $ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart. …
2. To stop Apache 2 web server, enter: # /etc/init.d/apache2 stop. …
3. To start Apache 2 web server, enter: # /etc/init.d/apache2 start.

How install simple HTTP server in Linux?

Open up a terminal and type:

1. $ cd /home/somedir $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer. That’s it! …
2. Serving HTTP on 0.0. 0.0 port 8000 … …
3. You can also access it via:
4. If the directory has a file named index. …
5. $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080.