Saurav Kumar - Personal Portfolio & Server Configuration

This directory contains the source code for my personal Static Portfolio website (saurav-info.xyz), as well as the custom infrastructure code required to serve it reliably at the edge.

🚀 The Web Server Architecture

Standard Python static servers (python -m http.server) rely on a single-threaded execution model using BaseHTTPServer. However, this portfolio is deployed behind a Cloudflare Zero-Trust Tunnel.

Cloudflare tunnels proxy traffic through persistent Keep-Alive TCP connections. A single-threaded Python server handles the first connection but blocks entirely when Cloudflare leaves it open, resulting in widespread 502 Bad Gateway errors for all subsequent visitors.

🛠️ The Solution (start_server.py)

To solve this, the server was rewritten using a custom Multi-Threaded approach:

with http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(("0.0.0.0", 8080), Handler) as httpd:

By binding ThreadingHTTPServer, Python instantly spawns a new background thread for every single incoming Cloudflare proxy request. This guarantees 100% stable uptime, zero request blocking, and eliminates all 502 connection timeouts.

Furthermore, start_server.py suppresses internal sys.stderr console logging, allowing the program to be executed completely hidden in the background via pythonw.exe without throwing NullWriter IO Exceptions.

⚙️ Deployment Pipeline

• Auto-Start: The register-task.ps1 script creates a persistent Windows Task Scheduler action.
• Background Execution: The task invokes pythonw.exe on machine boot, serving the site on Port 8080 silently.
• Edge Routing: The system-wide cloudflared daemon connects Port 8080 to the global www.saurav-info.xyz domain.