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| author | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2013-09-15 09:37:27 -0700 |
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| committer | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2013-09-15 09:37:27 -0700 |
| commit | defe7f4c62b992380fdda2833bb46a6505c839f4 (patch) | |
| tree | db470d7591c9fa72ff25f4b8c052dcb78c2cccf7 /Doc/library/http.server.rst | |
| parent | 5642ff9d8eefb0068eeb99c31320d3c6a319ea88 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-defe7f4c62b992380fdda2833bb46a6505c839f4.tar.gz | |
Expose --bind argument for http.server, enable http.server to bind to a user
specified network interface.
Patch contributed by Malte Swart. Addresses issue #17764.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst index 53139a2239..ca66c40716 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst @@ -368,6 +368,15 @@ the previous example, this serves files relative to the current directory. :: python -m http.server 8000 +By default, server binds itself to all interfaces. To restrict it to bind to a +particular interface only, ``--bind ADDRESS`` argument can be used. For e.g, to +restrict the server to bind only to localhost. :: + + python -m http.server 8000 --bind 127.0.0.1 + +.. versionadded:: 3.4 + ``--bind`` argument was introduced. + .. class:: CGIHTTPRequestHandler(request, client_address, server) |