# Running an HTML site in seconds using Docker > Run any static HTML website in seconds with just ONE Docker command. Skip the headache of installing and configuring Apache or Nginx for a quick local setup. ---  **TL;DR** This article shows the fastest way to serve a static HTML site locally: no Apache/Nginx install needed, just one command — `docker run -d --name static-site -p 8080:80 -v .:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ httpd:alpine` — run from the site's folder, then browse to `http://localhost:8080`. Imagine the following situation: you've an HTML website on your computer and you would like to run it. But how? Should you install Apache or Nginx? Yes, you should ... or just run exactly **ONE COMMAND** to start Docker. Years ago, to open a local website, you needed to install f.i. EasyPhp or Wamp, configure a lot of things, restart the computer, make sure EasyPhp or Wamp was running in the background and ... pffffiou. Those times are thankfully, definitively over. For a change, this article will use PowerShell, but I could, of course, have used DOS or Linux. So let's play with Powershell. ## Result Just one command, run from the folder containing your static site: `docker run -d --name static-site -p 8080:80 -v .:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ httpd:alpine`. Once done, just start your preferred browser and surf to `http://localhost:8080`. Bingo! > Screenshot — http\://localhost:8080 > >  You've a fully working site. Crazy no? ## Why it works * The `httpd:alpine` image mounts the current folder (`-v .:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/`) as Apache's docroot, so whatever HTML is already on your disk gets served immediately. * Docker downloads Apache for you the first time; nothing to install, configure or keep running in the background. *Two natural follow-ups: your site is served by a real Apache, so every directive from [Apache .htaccess file](/blog/apache-htaccess) works here; and if your pages are not plain HTML but PHP, use [The easiest way to run a PHP script / website](/blog/docker-php-run-script-or-website) instead.* ## Don't have a site to try this on yet? For the illustration, I'll download a free static website from . Take a look to demos and [just download one ZIP](https://github.com/toidicode/template?tab=readme-ov-file#demo-and-download). I'll jump in my `C:\temp` directory and download the zip. To do this, I will execute the following command: `curl https://github.com/toidicode/template/raw/master/src/100-cookingschool.zip -o demo.zip` (yes, curl is available for PowerShell too). The next thing to do is to unzip the file. I can do it with Windows Explorer for sure but I'm a console guy so let's run `Expand-Archive demo.zip -DestinationPath demo`. Ok, now, we've a `demo` folder containing a static website. Jump into it: `cd demo`, then run the one command from above in that folder. ## Conclusion One `docker run`, no Apache/Nginx install, no configuration file to touch: that's the whole recipe. Point it at any folder of static HTML and it's served in seconds — throw the container away with `docker rm -f static-site` when you're done and your disk is exactly as it was.