Simple Linux webserver

This instruction describes how to run a simple Linux webserver to serve well-known files for HTTP01 challenges in only three steps.

1. Create a webserver directory and a well-known directory:

   mkdir -p /var/www/.well-known/acme-challenge
   

2. Navigate to the server directory:

   cd /var/www/
   

3. Run your server on port 80:

   $(command -v python2 || command -v python2.7 || command -v python2.6) -c
     "import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer;
     s = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('', 80),
     SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler); s.serve_forever()"
   

   Press Ctrl + C to stop the server.