Switch from nginx to python HTTP server

Dockerfile

@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
-# Use an official Nginx image as the base
-FROM nginx:alpine
+# Use an official Python image as the base
+FROM python:3.9-slim
 
-# Create necessary directories and set permissions
-RUN mkdir -p /var/cache/nginx/client_temp /var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp /var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp /var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp /var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp && \
-    chown -R nginx:nginx /var/cache/nginx && \
-    chmod -R 755 /var/cache/nginx
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy the HTML file to the Nginx default directory
-COPY index.html /usr/share/nginx/html
-
-# Copy a custom Nginx configuration file
-COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+# Copy the Python script and the HTML file
+COPY server.py .
+COPY index.html .
 
 # Expose port 80 to allow external access
 EXPOSE 80
 
-# Start Nginx when the container launches
-CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
+# Start the Python HTTP server when the container launches
+CMD ["python", "server.py"]

nginx.conf

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-user nginx;
-worker_processes auto;
-
-error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
-pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
-
-events {
-    worker_connections 1024;
-}
-
-http {
-    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
-    default_type application/octet-stream;
-
-    log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
-                    '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
-                    '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
-
-    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
-
-    sendfile on;
-    keepalive_timeout 65;
-
-    server {
-        listen 80;
-        server_name localhost;
-
-        location / {
-            root /usr/share/nginx/html;
-            index index.html index.htm;
-        }
-
-        error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
-        location = /50x.html {
-            root /usr/share/nginx/html;
-        }
-    }
-}

server.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from http.server import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
+
+class MyHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, directory='.', **kwargs)
+
+def run(server_class=HTTPServer, handler_class=MyHandler, port=80):
+    server_address = ('', port)
+    httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class)
+    print(f'Starting httpd server on port {port}...')
+    httpd.serve_forever()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run()