simple static file server in go

static-file-server.go

package main

import (
	"flag"
	"log"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	port      := flag.String("p", "8100", "port to serve on")
	directory := flag.String("d", ".", "directory of static file to host")
	
	flag.Parse()

	http.Handle("/static/", http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(*directory))))
	
	log.Printf("Serving %s on HTTP port: %s\n", *directory, *port)
	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+*port, nil))
}

Create totally static build for your OS

This will create an “as static as possible” binary - beware linking in things which want glibc, since pluggable name resolvers will be a problem.

linux

CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o linux-file-server file-server.go

darwin

CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o darwin-file-server file-server.go

windows

CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o windows-file-server.exe file-server.go