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Expose a web server on local network

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 20:38:17 +0000

Connect your laptop and phone to the same network (Wi-Fi is a network too).
Create a index.html file to share:

<div>Hello!</div>

Start a web server in the same directory as the file:

ruby -run -e httpd -- --bind-address=0.0.0.0 --port=9090

Find your hostname, or ip address:

hostname
# my-pc

ip addr
# ... some wall of text, one line containing something like:
# inet 192.168.0.38/24 ...

Now you can use either your hostname or ip address to access your web page from your phone:

http://my-pc:9090/index.html

http://192.168.0.38:9090/index.html

Install Termux on your phone and do the exact same to access web pages from your laptop.