https://github.com/nisaacson/hello-world-server

Super simple node.js server which listens on process.env["PORT"] and responds to all requests with "hello world\n"
https://github.com/nisaacson/hello-world-server

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Super simple node.js server which listens on process.env["PORT"] and responds to all requests with "hello world\n"

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nisaacson/hello-world-server
• Owner: nisaacson
• Created: 2013-07-22T22:46:45.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-04-08T15:55:34.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-14T14:46:39.893Z (7 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 1.26 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Node Hello World Server

A very simple node.js http server.

# Port

 The server looks for the following when determining the server port

* `--port ` command line flag

* `process.env["PORT"]`

* `3000` default

# Response

The server responds to all requests with the content `"hello world\n"`

# Installation

```bash

[sudo] npm install -g hello-world-server

```

# Usage

Once the package is installed globally, you can start it on the command line

```bash

# start the server

hello-world-server

```

To run on a

Then connect to the server to make sure it is running. You can visit [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) in your browser and you should see the text `"Hello World"` appear

Alternatively in the terminal you can use curl to connect to the server.

```bash

curl localhost:3000/

# you should receive "Hello World\n" back

```

If you have changed the server port via `process.env["PORT"]` you will need to change the port in the examples above accordingly

# Docker & Vagrant

You can test this server using Vagrant and Docker.

Builds a container to run a

# Usage

Pull down the image and run the default command

```bash

vagrant up

vagrant ssh

# pull existing image

docker pull nisaacson/hello-world-server

# or build it yourself

docker build $USER/hello-world-server .

# run the server in detached mode

$PORT=4545

docker run -d -i -p 4000:4545 -e PORT=4545 -t nisaacson/hello-world-server:latest

# curl the server to make sure it is running...should get back "hello world\n"

curl localhost:$PORT

```