slorber · Josh-Cena · Aug 14, 2021 · Aug 14, 2021 · Aug 14, 2021 · Aug 14, 2021
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Have trailing slash problems after deploying a static website in production?
 This repo explains factually the behavior of:
 - [Static Site generators](docs/Static-Site-Generators.md) 
 - [Hosting Providers](docs/Hosting-Providers.md)
+- [Self-hosted HTTP servers](docs/Self-Host.md)
 
 We also suggest some [possible solutions](docs/Solutions.md)
 

diff --git a/docs/Self-Host.md b/docs/Self-Host.md
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Self-hosted HTTP servers
+
+We will serve the [static](../static) folder using different HTTP servers.
+
+## Apache
+
+### Default settings
+
+The Apache server has the following configuration in `sites-available`:
+
+```apache
+<VirtualHost *:80>
+	ServerName trailing-slash-guide-apache-default.sida-chen.com
+	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
+	DocumentRoot /var/www/html/static
+	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
+	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
+</VirtualHost>
+```
+
+**Deployment**: [trailing-slash-guide-apache-default.sida-chen.com](http://trailing-slash-guide-apache-default.sida-chen.com)
+
+| Url                | Result      |
+| ------------------ | ----------- |
+| /file              | 💢 404      |
+| /file/             | 💢 404      |
+| /file.html         | ✅          |
+| /folder            | ➡️ /folder/  |
+| /folder/           | ✅          |
+| /folder/index.html | ✅          |
+| /both              | ➡️ /both/    |
+| /both/             | ✅          |
+| /both.html         | ✅          |
+| /both/index.html   | ✅          |
+
+### How do I...
+
+- ...make the `/file` path accessible?
+
+  A: Add the following to your configuration:
+
+  ```apache
+	RewriteEngine On
+	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[A-Za-z0-9]*$|/$)
+	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html
+  ```
+
+  This appends the `.html` extension to any requests to routes without trailing slash or extension. Check out [trailing-slash-guide-apache-no-extension.sida-chen.com](http://trailing-slash-guide-apache-no-extension.sida-chen.com) for this configuration in action.
+
+  | Url                | Result      |
+  | ------------------ | ----------- |
+  | /file              | ✅          |
+  | /file/             | 💢 404      |
+  | /file.html         | ✅          |
+  | /folder            | 💢 404      |
+  | /folder/           | ✅          |
+  | /folder/index.html | ✅          |
+  | /both              | ✅          |
+  | /both/             | ✅          |
+  | /both.html         | ✅          |
+  | /both/index.html   | ✅          |
+
+  Note the caveat: the `/folder` path is no longer accessible without an explict trailing slash.
+
+- ...enforce a trailing slash policy?
+
+  A: <!-- TODO -->
+
+- ...make all routes accessible?
+
+  A: <!-- TODO -->
+
+## Nginx
+
+<!-- TODO -->
+
+## Vercel/serve
+
+This is a simple HTTP server run in Node.js. It has the same configuration options and implementation as [Vercel](./Hosting-Providers.md#Vercel), so read more about it there.
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <html>
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8" />
+</head>
 <body>
 <script type="module">
   import {markdownTable} from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/markdown-table@3.0.0";