Host Static HTML Site

I'm trying to deploy a static HTML website on my Appwrite self-hosted instance. I can't get it to work. I don't really understand the configuration. I have the framework setup as Other, I can't change the runtime to anything other than Node and the fallback directory points to index.html. Every time I upload my tar file. I get stuck at waiting for build to start. The CLi does not help much as it just says Server Error.

I would copy the template for littlelink and then change the files

https://github.com/appwrite/templates-for-sites/tree/main/other/littlelink

You sure the fallback file directory is correct?

The issue is almost certainly that Appwrite Sites (their static hosting feature) still requires a Node runtime even for plain HTML it uses Node under the hood to serve the files. The "Waiting for build to start" hang usually means either the tar structure is wrong or the output directory doesn't match where your index.html actually lives.
Quick question: when you created the tar file, did you compress it from inside the folder (so index.html is at the root of the archive), or did you tar the folder itself (so it's nested like myfolder/index.html)?

this is just false, node is only required during build step. for static sites no runtime is spinned up and its served like any static site should be

The index.html file is under wwwroot. I also tried pushing it through the CLI with the same result, and I even pushed the template as is, with the same result. The CLI does not give much info. I've tried creating a site with the build in template, and then I get a toast "Server Error". The site gets created but no deployment and the domain does not get set. I tested to see if it is the domain feature works and no. The request seems to always return '{"message":"Server Error","code":500,"type":"general_unknown","version":"1.9.0"}'. So the source of the problem could be the domain?

please share a minimal reproduction setup

I'm sorry I don't understand. What minimal reproduction setup am I supposed to share?

a site code and appwrite config that consistently reproduces this error

The code from the template https://github.com/appwrite/templates-for-sites/tree/main/other/littlelink produces the error. Config that the CLi created: "sites": [
{
"$id": "69d8a1720005765ee320",
"name": "Argone",
"framework": "other",
"adapter": "static",
"buildRuntime": "node-22",
"installCommand": "",
"buildCommand": "./",
"outputDirectory": "./",
"fallbackFile": "",
"buildSpecification": "s-8vcpu-8gb",
"runtimeSpecification": "s-8vcpu-8gb",
"deploymentRetention": 0,
"enabled": true,
"timeout": 30,
"logging": true,
"path": "sites/argone",
"startCommand": ""
}
]

worked for me

https://69d8b5700030981e9f91.appwrite.network/

try updating the cli?

The CLI is up to date. And I still get the same result. Is there any Docker logs I should get to help diagnose the problem?

share ur project id, maybe i can find the issue in our monitoring

68a4725c00009945a981. My appwrite instance is self-hosted fyi