python.txt

📄 python-server-setup.txt

# Python HTTP Server Setup Guide
python3 -m http.server 8000 --bind 0.0.0.0

This file provides instructions to start a basic web server using Python on an EC2 instance.

📌 Requirements:
- Python 3 installed (Amazon Linux 2, Ubuntu, etc.)
- EC2 instance with port 8000 or 8080 open in security group
- Basic HTML file (e.g., index.html) placed in your working directory

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🔧 Step 1: Connect to the EC2 instance via SSH

```bash
ssh -i "your-key.pem" ubuntu@<your-ec2-public-ip>

🔧 Step 2: Update and install Python if not already available

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y python3

Check version:

python3 --version

🔧 Step 3: Move to the directory with your index.html file

cd /home/ubuntu/

🔧 Step 4: Start the web server on port 8000

python3 -m http.server 8000 --bind 0.0.0.0

📎 This will serve files in the current directory over HTTP.

🌍 Step 5: Visit your site in a browser

http://<your-ec2-public-ip>:8000

Make sure your EC2 security group allows inbound TCP traffic on port 8000.

🛑 To stop the server, press:

CTRL + C

✅ Example Output:

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (http://0.0.0.0:8000/) ...

📁 Optional: Run as background process

nohup python3 -m http.server 8000 --bind 0.0.0.0 &

This keeps it running after you log out.

📌 Note:
This server is not production-ready. It's great for:

    Testing HTML files

    Internal network demos