How do I run http-server in the background

[EvHaus]

Running:

http-server . &

Doesn't seem to work. It also doesn't play nice with forever or supervisor.

Any other suggestions?

[derhuerst]

For me, http-server . & works. I just have to press enter once more to get my prompt back. :P

I'm having trouble installing forever right now, but i will let you know if it works for me.

[derhuerst]

forever start $(which http-server) . works as well for me.

[indexzero]

That or

forever start -c http-server

[ksloan]

http-server . > http.log 2>&1 &

[jackdh]

http-server . > http.log 2>&1 &

How do you stop this?

[deepakppatil]

http-server . > http.log 2>&1 &
echo $! > /var/tmp/pidfile
pkill --pidfile /var/tmp/pidfile

[andradedpg]

@jackdh

See PID with

$ netstat -nlp

After KILL pid

$ kill 999

[plh97]

@jackdh kill the process

[simonsmith]

For those still stuck from Google:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47881223/running-http-server-in-background-from-an-npm-script

npm-run-all with --race works best

[luckydevboy]

nohup http-server . &