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Simple systemd unit file for python http server
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simple_http.service
[Unit]
Description=http redirect
# simple web service to server a index.html with a meta refresh without having to do via apache/nginx
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=root # need root to bind to port 80
WorkingDirectory=/Downloads/html/ # directory containing a index.html with a meta refresh for redirect
ExecStart=python -m http.server 80
StandardOutput=null # log nothing
StandardError=null # log nothing
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geolaw commented Mar 1, 2022

$ cat /Downloads/html/index.html

<html>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL='http://192.168.29.7'"/>
</html>

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