OS X built-in emergency HTTP server

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Sometimes you need to serve up a file via HTTP, for instance when upgrading a NetApp Cluster via the Automated method.

With Windows, I always had to install a lightweight HTTP Server, or install IIS (ugh).

I have a MacBook Pro, and I don’t have to install anything!

I can just CD to the directory that the desired file is in, and issue the following command:

python -mSimpleHTTPServer xxxx

where “xxxx” is the TCP Port number you want your laptop to listen on for the HTTP request.  By default, it will use port 8000.

Just make sure you CTRL-C when you’re done, or you’re going to leave a wide-open entryway into that directory.

Hope you find this helpful, I know I did when I learned it!

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For over 25 years, I have been a technical and business process consultant to our clients, with a particular expertise focus in Enterprise Storage, Disaster Recovery, Holistic Data Management and IT Security. My varied background as a developer, DBA, network engineer, infrastructure architect, and CTO allow me to not only understand the need from the client's particular perspective, but to be able to make the client understand his/her solution options . I find great joy in developing comprehensive yet simple technical solutions to complex business requirements, and having clients tell me years later that the solutions I recommended still apply to their evolved needs. I am also proud to be a member of the NetApp A-Team @netappateam, a squad of elite technologists who use and advocate for NetApp's holistic storage solutions.

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