koala-face

The Decentest Little Static Server

We leverage Koa to make a trivially secure bandwidth efficient static file server!

Installation

git clone https://github.com/kalafus/koala-face cp koala-face/{ipfilter.js,serve.js} $MYPROJECT

Use

node serve

Basic Configuration

filter routing by host

Default route in serve.js. koa.use(domain('localhost', koaStatic('dist'))) is suitable for development testing by default.

Your real web address will go also in serve.js. N.B., routes will match in the order registered. koa.use(domain('mysite.net', koaStatic('dist'))) This would route the requestor of mysite.net to the assets available in ./dist/ (and could just as well point to any other statically servable folder).

Any files you put in the indicated folder will be accessible to visitors.

ipfilter with regular expressions

ipfilter drops all ips by default except localhost on ipv4 and ipv6. This is suitable for development testing only - this way, it is also secured by default should this be deployed unconfigured!

In server.js, edit handler function or permitted and banned lists.

const optsIp = {
	permitted: [
		/^127\.0\.0\.1$/,
		/^::1$/
	],
	banned: [
	],
	handler: async (ctx, next) => {
	}
}

To permit all requests, change permitted to [ /.*/ ].

Happy Serving!