WebServer

1.0.7

Powershell WebServer is a module that starts a webserver (without the need for IIS).
Powershell command execution, script execution, upload, download and other functions are implemented.
* Start-Webserver starts a webserver listening on port 8080 with binding to localhost only
* Start-Webserver "http://+:8080/" "C:\Data" starts a webserver on port 8080 with binding
Powershell WebServer is a module that starts a webserver (without the need for IIS).
Powershell command execution, script execution, upload, download and other functions are implemented.
* Start-Webserver starts a webserver listening on port 8080 with binding to localhost only
* Start-Webserver "http://+:8080/" "C:\Data" starts a webserver on port 8080 with binding to all IP addresses with base dir C:\Data

You may have to configure a firewall exception to allow remote access to the chosen port, e.g. with
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Powershell Webserver" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=8080
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Minimum PowerShell version

4.0

Installation Options

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using PowerShellGet More Info

Install-Module -Name WebServer

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet More Info

Install-PSResource -Name WebServer

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Owners

Copyright

(c) Markus Scholtes 2024

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Markus Scholtes

Tags

Webserver HTTP Web HTML HttpListener

Functions

Start-Webserver

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

# 1.0.7 / 2024-02-03
- parameters can be handed to PSP files per POST method too
- added wasm extension to mime list

# 1.0.6 / 2023-03-27
- changed header encoding to Windows 1252 to prevent data loss in cjk encodings
- fixed bug that cut file names with semicolons in it

# 1.0.5 / 2022-07-31
- Introduced PSP files (Powershell Server Pages) for embedded execution
- Updated list of mime types

# 1.0.4 / 2022-04-15
- Logs response code
- Scripts (.ps1, .bat and .cmd) in web directory are executed by web server

# 1.0.3 / 2022-01-19
- Load index file in base dir instead of default page when present

# 1.0.2 / 2021-07-04
- Updated list of mime types

# 1.0.1 / 2021-02-12
- Updated links since Technet Gallery shut down

# 1.0.0 / 2020-06-04
- Initial release

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Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
1.0.7 (current version) 557 2/3/2024
1.0.6 991 3/27/2023
1.0.5 759 8/8/2022
1.0.4 259 4/21/2022
1.0.3 312 1/21/2022
1.0.2 621 7/4/2021
1.0.1 205 2/12/2021
1.0.0 415 6/4/2020
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