The One Line Python Directory Web Server

While testing some adjustments to iptables I needed a simple way to test web requests. This is a handy way to serve a directory and a simple way to see if the firewall is working.

On the server-side create directory content that will be hosted from a one-line Python script.

mkdir /tmp/fakeserver

cd /tmp/fakeserver

git clone https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git

sudo python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80

On the client-side use wget to spider and download the entire content of the server.
Replace <TEST SERVER> with the servers IP or resolvable name.

mkdir /tmp/fakeserver

cd /tmp/fakeserver

wget --mirror --convert-links --adjust-extension \
--page-requisites --no-parent http://<TEST SERVER>/