step fileserver

Name

step fileserver -- start an HTTP(S) server serving the contents of a path

Usage

step fileserver <dir>
[--address=<address>] [--cert=<file>] [--key=<file>] [--roots=<file>]
[--pidfile=<file>]

Description

step fileserver command starts an HTTP(S) server that serves the contents of a file system. If the server is running using certificates, sending the HUP signal will reload the certificates.

This command is experimental and only intended for test purposes.

Positional arguments

dir The directory used as root for the HTTP file server.

Options

--address=address The TCP address to listen on (e.g. ":8443").

--cert=file The file containing the TLS certificate to use.

--key=file The file containing the key corresponding to the certificate.

--roots=file The file containing the root certificate(s) that will be used to verify the client certificates.

--pidfile=file The path to the file to write the process ID.

Examples

Start an HTTP file server on port 8080.

$ step fileserver --address :8080 /path/to/web-root

Start an HTTPS file server on 127.0.0.1:8443.

$ step ca certificate 127.0.0.1 localhost.crt localhost.key
...
$ step fileserver --address 127.0.0.1:8443 \
  --cert localhost.crt --key localhost.key /path/to/web-root

Start an HTTPS file server on a random port and require client certificates.

$ step fileserver --cert localhost.crt --key localhost.key \
  --roots $(step path)/certs/root_ca.crt /path/to/web-root