Simple Static HTML Website on the IC.

Install the Canister SDK

You can check if dfx is already installed with dfx --version. You can find more info here.

To download the DFINITY Canister SDK, run the following command in your terminal:

sh -ci "$(curl -fsSL https://sdk.dfinity.org/install.sh)"

Step 1: Configuration File

The file dfx.json is the configuration file which contains configurable options for your project.

{
    "canisters": {
        "web": {
            "type": "assets",
            "source": [
                "www",
                "www/css"
            ]
        }
    }
}

The example above creates an assets canister named web. In source all the asset directories are specified which will get uploaded to the canister.

Step 2: Basic HTML and CSS

In the previous step we specified that the assets will be contained in www and www/css, which contain index.html and style.css respectively.

Step 3: Deploy to IC

If you need help deploying the project, then you can find more information here.

dfx start

# Deploy locally (e.g. localhost:8000)
dfx deploy
# or on the IC itself
dfx deploy --network=ic

Depending where you deployed the canister, you can find it on:

• http://localhost:8000/?canisterId=<canister id>
• <canister id>.ic0.app

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