Re: [gentoo-user] minimal web server

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Saturday 05 May 2012 05:32:54 Stroller wrote:
> On 5 May 2012, at 03:39, James wrote:
> > …
> > #copy running-config [http | https] <url>
> > 
> > …
> > The I could just issue this command?
> 
> The question mark terminating this statement seems dubious.
> 
> This appears to be a feature of Cisco routers.
> 
> http://stack.nil.com/C1256F0A00429755/html/webupload/
> 
> > copy running-config http://10.10.10.<laptop web server IP>
> > 
> > It should work and  it's simple. What would be
> > some recommendations as to which minimal web server
> > I could run on a laptop (simple and small) to
> > just backup various router configs to?
> 
> www-servers/lighttpd is famously small and on my system all its
> dependencies are already installed. It has a USE=minimal flag you might
> also try, for fewer calories.
> 
> As a matter of practice I would not leave any webserver running on my
> laptop, or even installed, for longer than necessary. I would prefer to
> have a home or office webserver to which I could transfer these files and
> from which the router can obtain them. Rationally, I have no idea why I
> imagine one site to be more secure than the other.
> 
> Consider this installation-free alternative:
> http://www.google.co.uk/searchq=one+line+python+web+server

Other alternatives are boa, thttpd, nginx.

You can also run netcat as 'nc -l -p 80 > backup_20120418.cfg' and then run 
the copy command from the router.

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Regards,
Mick

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