Setting up a HTTP Local Server on Ubuntu 22.04

To start the http server on port port simply type:

python -m http.server port

If you want to share files and directories, cd in to whatever directory you want to serve:

cd /my/html/files
python -m http.server 8080

Should you want to use an address other than the default 0.0.0.0 you can use --bind

Ex: python -m http.server 8080 --bind 127.0.0.1 will serve them at the address 127.0.0.1:8080