Re: [gentoo-user] The SIMPLEST web server to config (this time - just for serving video files) ?

[Pandu Poluan]

On Nov 14, 2011 1:25 AM, "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>   Pandu asked a similar question a few days ago about serving up
> files, but mostly for distfiles IIRC. It got me thinking about doing
> the same sort of thing, but this time to serve up MP4 video files for
> my Kindle Fire as well as other computers on _only_ my home network.
> Sort of an in-house Mark's Watch Instantly setup. I've now got a few
> hundred gigabyte of mp4 files ripped with Grant's suggested app
> Handbrake. They look good on my desktop playing in xine. When the
> Kindle Fire arrives I'd like to have a web server running on my
> private network that Silk (Amazon's KF broswer) could access, possibly
> presenting nothing but the alphabetical folders that the video files
> are in, and then if I select one it starts streaming that file.
>
>   My main issue isn't really the lightest in terms of memory or CPU
> usage, but rather something that's VERY easy to setup the config so
> that I don't have to spend much time reading manuals.
>
>   From browsing around a lot of pages on the web it seems that there
> are a number of small & light servers (in terms of memory anyway) in
> portage. Some names: fnord, thttpd, boa, monkeyd & cherokee. Does
> anyone know if one of those would fit my main need of just being
> extremely simple to setup and keep running for this one purpose?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark
>

Try:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer <port number> &

(the trailing ampersand detaches the process and makes it run in the
background)

Or for something that survives a logout, try:

nohup python -m SimpleHTTPServer <port number> &

Of course, RAM usage will be huge compared to the lightweight HTTP servers,
but I can't think of a simpler thing atm.

Rgds,