If you’ve ever needed to quickly run a built or a static html (js and css) site.

In my case it helps to preview and test locally Go Hugo built sites, react built content or preview any site I’m given.

A tool like Browser sync would work perfectly, and gives lots of tools. But a more “real” scenario would be using a true server like Nginx.

First you need to have Docker installed and the the Nginx image.

Now you have your react project and you want to create a simple deploy server.

Install your host server. We are going to use a Nginx proxy server. This is an example for a Debian based system.

sudo aptitude install nginx-light

For this example we don’t need the full Nginx server.

Nginx creates a default host file. Then you can place the content of your build files under /var/www/default and it should be enough.