{"id":5333,"date":"2021-03-11T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2021-03-11T18:03:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:03:27","slug":"run-webgl-server-manually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/11\/run-webgl-server-manually\/","title":{"rendered":"Run WebGL server manually"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When making webgl builds, you cannot open generated index.html<\/em> file directly inside the build folder (without webserver), and if you make Build & Run, and then close the browser tab, you need to do build & run again to view it later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run webserver from commandline:<\/strong>
\"C:\/Program Files\/Unity2019_4\/Editor\/Data\/MonoBleedingEdge\/bin\/mono.exe\" \"C:\/Program Files\/Unity2019_4\/Editor\/Data\/PlaybackEngines\/WebGLSupport\/BuildTools\/SimpleWebServer.exe\" \"X:\/YourFolder\/YourProject\/Builds\" 60606<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Note the port number as a parameter, other arguments are:
“SimpleWebServer.exe source_directory [port] [pid] [<wasmencoding>]”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

** You need to run SimpleWebServer.exe through mono.exe, otherwise it returns “403 forbidden”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using UnityLauncherPro<\/a>:<\/strong>
Just added experimental feature to launch webgl server from project context menu (it launches SimpleWebServer.exe)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alternatives (web servers) <\/strong>*but requires you to build webgl inside those server folders)
– XAMPP<\/a>, XAMPP Portable<\/a>, WAMPP<\/a>, IIS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatives part#2:<\/strong>
– Use ILSpy<\/a> to decompile SimpleWebServer.exe (its c#), then build it yourself in VisualStudio, now that .exe works normally without needing to run it through mono.exe (and you could customize it to do more things).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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