docker-share-files

Description:

This Docker repository starts an HTTP server on port 8080 (http://localhost:8080) showing the famous "index of" listing all files from the local folder ./shared-files. It is a great way to quickly share files through the network. You can get your private IP with ifconfig(MacOS/Linux/*BSD) oripconfig(Windows).

How it really works:

This docker uses the official Nginx docker image based on Alpine Linux. I decided to use Alpine because it packs everything that you need on just 18MB. 😎 When docker-compose up is called via command line, it creates two volumes that is shared between the Docker container and host machine. The fist volume makes the connection between a local folder and your Docker container. That means, if you add a new file inside ./shared-folder, it will be available automatically on the web interface. (Of course you need to reload the page). The second volume make possible you customize the Nginx config. That being said, it points ./config/default.conf to /usr/share/nginx/html

We have two folders under this project:

shared-folder	config
Just add any file here and when you start your docker, they will be listed to anyone download it	Here we have our Nginx default.conf file. Wherever you change here, will be reflected inside your docker. After changing something, keep in mind that you will need to restart your Nginx, so the easiest way is just restarting your docker container.
If you add an index.html your "index of" feature will be gone. Sometimes could be useful. Did I mention that you also can create subfolders here?	./config/default.conf points to /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf. The same way, ./shared-folder points to (Docker) /usr/share/nginx/html folder.

./config/default.conf:

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;

    location / {
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
        index  index.html index.htm;
        autoindex on;
    }

    error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html {
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }
}

./docker-compose.yml

version: '2'

services:
    web:
        build: .
        volumes:
            - ./config/default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
            - ./shared-folder:/usr/share/nginx/html
        ports:
- 8080:80

Lets see this working:

1. git clone https://github.com/rodolfobandeira/docker-share-files.git

2. docker-compose build

3. docker-compose up

Open your browser and try the address: http://localhost:8080. You must see something like this:

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Questions? @rodolfobandeira