Ask HN: How do you serve static files in a Docker container?

by DontBreakAlex on 3/29/2024, 5:23:08 PM with 6 comments
I usually use thttpd in an alpine container. I think I remember seeing a similar server that read files at startup to load them in memory and pre-compress them while running in a from-scratch container, but I can't seem to find it on the internet. What do you guys use ?

  • by stop50 on 3/29/2024, 5:27:39 PM

    I don't. I serve static files directly from the nginx.

  • by nijave on 3/29/2024, 5:27:51 PM

    I'd think given enough memory, your files will cache in memory pretty quickly with any server. I usually just use nginx for these use cases or look to a CDN solution.

  • by brettv2 on 3/29/2024, 7:16:14 PM

    why wouldn't you just serve them via a CDN?

  • by corytheboyd on 3/29/2024, 8:46:28 PM

    +1 for copy files to container, serve with nginx

  • by joshxyz on 3/30/2024, 11:13:29 AM

    caddy can serve it, with free tls

    if js project i sometimes use npx serve too