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tommillard / localtunnel
Created July 21, 2013 10:03
Serve a local server over the net
STEP 1:Install localtunnel using RubyGems. Check the full README if you don't have Ruby or RubyGems.
$ sudo gem install localtunnel
STEP 2:Run your local web server on any port! Let's say you're running Apache on port 8080.STEP 3:Now run localtunnel passing it the port to share. The first time you run localtunnel you have to point to a public SSH key. Check the README if you need help. Here's an example:
$ localtunnel -k ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 8080
You should see something like this:
Port 8080 is now publicly accessible from http://8bv2.localtunnel.com ...
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tommillard / SimpleHTTPServer
Last active November 13, 2018 10:54
Serve a local folder as a server at http://localhost:8000/
browse to folder in terminal and run:
python -m SimpleHTTPServer