python -m SimpleHTTPServer - Listening on 0.0.0.0:

Question

After cding to my folder I enter

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

and get

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...

in reply. But when I hit http://0.0.0.0:8000/test.html I get a page not found error.

I've also tried

pushd /path/you/want/to/serve; python -m SimpleHTTPServer; popd

taken from this question

When I hit ls I can see the file and the directory. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

Try browsing to http://localhost:8000/test.html or http://127.0.0.1:8000/test.html (those two should be exactly the same thing as long as your hosts file isn't all crazy-like).

0.0.0.0 is usually used by Windows as the "Not connected" IP, and can also be used as a sort of wildcard for when dealing with IPs. I am a bit confused at why your HTTP server is trying to host on 0.0.0.0, though. You may need to edit some config files and set that to 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1'.

Answer 2

Run ifconfig on Linux or ipconfig on Windows to find the ip address of the server.

$ sudo ifconfig
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 30:3a:64:b3:be:6a  
          inet addr:192.168.1.103  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

Here in case the url would be:

http://192.168.1.103:8000/test.html