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## givenHttpServerConfig() function

Create an HTTP-server configuration that works well in test environments. - Ask the operating system to assign a free (ephemeral) port. - Use IPv4 localhost `127.0.0.1` to avoid known IPv6 issues in Docker-based environments like Travis-CI. - Provide default TLS key &amp; cert when `protocol` is set to `https`<!-- -->.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export declare function givenHttpServerConfig<T extends HttpOptions | HttpsOptions>(customConfig?: T): HostPort & T;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  customConfig | T | Additional configuration options to apply. |

<b>Returns:</b>

[HostPort](./testlab.hostport.md) &amp; T