http.server implementation of serving unencrypted directory content (e.g., kickstart files) over port 8000

simple_server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import http.server
import os
import socketserver
from pathlib import Path

PORT = 8000

if os.getenv("WORK_DIR") is not None:
    work_dir = os.getenv("WORK_DIR")
else:
    work_dir = str(Path.cwd())

class CustomHTTPRequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, directory=work_dir, **kwargs)

try:
    with socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), CustomHTTPRequestHandler) as httpd:
        print("Serving at port", PORT)
        httpd.serve_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print("\nGoodbye!")