Is there really no app for a simple web server?

Apps and Virtualization
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Hi all,

I need a web server in my local network to serve static content. Is there really no app for e.g. Caddy or NginX?

Of course I can use a custom app or a FreeBSD jail on my CORE system, but still. Just a bit puzzled. No “LAMP” app, either?

Kind regards,
Patrick

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Not that I’ve seen. Custom app for Caddy is how I’d do it.

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Yeah, I’m just using caddy for basic web server stuff (like custom app images!). I need caddy anyway to reverse proxy stuff.

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I found this one and deployment as a custom app was a breeze:

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There is a WebDAV app. It’s just Apache http with the webdav module enabled. You can use it to serve up static html. In addition, you get the WebDAV functionality. I used it for Document authoring and sharing on the Internet, using authentication and TLS of course. WebDAV actually works quite well across a WAN. I could mount WebDAV volumes on my laptop or phone while out and about and had complete access to all my documents.

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I’ve used this in the past (it’s on the TrueCharts catalog), solid image with good updates

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The WebDAV app does not offer many configuration options. I found the document root is /tmp so I could probably mount a host dataset there …

Anyway the static web server project I linked above gives me much finer control like e.g. the name of the index document etc.

So for once I’ll mark my own post as the solution :wink:

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Did you configure storage for the WebDAV app? You have to configure the Hostpath to a dataset on your NAS where your content is kept. The dataset is then made available in the Container at /shares.

Anyway, it seems you’ve found the solution that’s best for you.

regards

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