envoyproxy/envoy

Ability to serve static files

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#378 opened on Jan 25, 2017

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Description

It would be great to have the ability to serve static files from Envoy.

My use-case is to serve static files for an HTML frontend (HTML, JS, CSS, etc.), which should be a fairly common one. Right now you would have to put something like nginx in the middle to efficiently do this.

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Research direction
Investigate how to add a new HTTP filter to Envoy that serves static files from a specified directory. Review existing filter implementations (e.g., `envoy.filters.http.lua` or `envoy.filters.http.router`) as reference. Understand the Envoy connection handling and filter chain. Start by reading the Envoy developer guide and contributing guidelines.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
C++ programmingHTTPEnvoy internals
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30