I want to host an html page on a domain I have purchased. The html page is less than 20 lines of code. On the internet I find recommendations for certain solution stacks, like XAMPP or WAMP or LAMP, or mentions of wordpress. Is all this really necessary? What's the bare bones method that I could have an html page accessible through any browser in the world? I have a secondary laptop I'm willing to dedicate to the task. Searching is difficult as most results are tailored to entrepreneurs or those who need a full stack.

CodePudding user response：

No, all of that is fortunately not necessary. :-)

You just need an HTTP server. Nginx is a good choice if you're hosting yourself. Its default configuration is all you need.

I do recommend though adding LetsEncrypt to get an HTTPS certificate for your server. It's free and automates via CertBot if you've installed Nginx (or other common web server).

CodePudding user response：

You would need a static IP address to effectively host a publicly accessible website from your own network. As an alternative you could use a free static hosting solution like Github Pages, Render or Cloudflare Workers.