Access SimpleHTTPServer from outside Network

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Raghuram Vadapalli picture Raghuram Vadapalli · May 18, 2015 · Viewed 22.8k times · Source

Apache server can be set up and accessed from ouside Network in the following way: http://lifehacker.com/124212/geek-to-live--how-to-set-up-a-personal-home-web-server I want to achieve similar functionality with python SimpleHTTPServer. How is this possible?

Answer

Robᵩ picture Robᵩ · May 18, 2015

Step 1: Run this command "python -m SimpleHTTPServer". Note that python -m SimpleHTTPServer works only with python 2. With python 3, you should use: python -m http.server

Step 2: Edit your router's configuration to forward port 8000 to the computer on which you ran the python command.

Step 3: Determine your home network's IP address, for example, 203.0.113.47

One convenient way to determine your home network's IP address is to consult any of the what-is-my-ip websites, for example https://www.whatismyip.com/.

Step 4: From outside your network, visit (for example) http://203.0.113.47:8000/

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