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

by DontBreakAlexon 3/29/2024, 5:23 PMwith 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 stop50on 3/29/2024, 5:27 PM

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

by nijaveon 3/29/2024, 5:27 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 brettv2on 3/29/2024, 7:16 PM

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

by corytheboydon 3/29/2024, 8:46 PM

+1 for copy files to container, serve with nginx

by joshxyzon 3/30/2024, 11:13 AM

caddy can serve it, with free tls

if js project i sometimes use npx serve too