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Cherokee Web Server
Original author(s)	Álvaro López Ortega, Cherokee Project
Stable release	1.2.103 / April 21, 2013; 11 years ago
Repository	github.com/cherokee/webserver ;
Written in	C, Python and JavaScript
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Catalan, Galician
Type	Web server
License	GPLv2
Website	cherokee-project.com

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Cherokee is an open-source cross-platform web server that runs on Linux, BSD variants, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. It is a lightweight,^[4] high-performance^[5] web server/reverse proxy licensed under the GNU General Public License. Its goal is to be fast and fully functional yet still light. Major features of Cherokee include a graphical administration interface named cherokee-admin, and a modular light-weight design.

Independent tests have shown Cherokee to be better performing than Apache^[6]^[7] when serving up both static and dynamic content.

Cherokee is maintained and developed by an open source community.^[8] Debian provides official packages of Cherokee.^[9]

Features

Web server features

TLS and SSL ^[10]
Virtual servers ^[11]
URL rewriting and redirections supporting regular expressions
Authentication via htdigest, htpasswd, LDAP, MySQL, PAM, plain, and fixed list.^[12]
Reverse HTTP proxy
HTTP load balancing
Traffic shaping
Custom and Apache compatible log format.^[13]
Ability to launch web applications on demand
Audio/video streaming
On the fly gzip and deflate compressions
Resilient to the 10000 simultaneous connections barrier
Server Side Includes (SSI)
CGI
FastCGI
SCGI
uWSGI support ^[14]
chroot support
RRDtool statistics
Database bridging and sharding (DBSlayer-like)
Graphical configuration interface
Point & click deployments through an application market ^[15]

Web applications ^[16]

Configuration wizards are provided to automatically configure the web server to perform specific tasks, or run frameworks and applications. These provide support for:

References

^ "Cherokee - Ohloh". Ohloh.net. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ "Cherokee Downloads". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
^ "Cherokee license".
^ Frommel, Oliver. "FEATHERWEIGHTS - Linux Magazine Online". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^ "Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04". Linux.com. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ "Cherokee vs Apache Benchmarks". Dynamic Hosting.
^ "Cherokee vs Apache : An alternate web server". Craig Strong. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Contributors and metrics about Cherokee Project
^ Debian's official packages for Cherokee webserver
^ "TLS/SSL Cookbook". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
^ "Virtual Servers". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
^ "Supported authentication mechanisms". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
^ "Supported logging styles". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
^ "Cherokee uWSGI support". Retrieved 23 March 2011.
^ "Application deployment with Cherokee Market". Retrieved 23 March 2011.
^ "Recipes for specific tasks". Retrieved 2010-09-16.

External links

Project website
Documentation
Alvaro López Ortega. "Cherokee Web Server" (PDF) (in Spanish).

[1] "Cherokee - Ohloh". Ohloh.net. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[Cherokee_Downloads-2] "Cherokee Downloads". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2011-03-23.

[3] "Cherokee license".

[4] Frommel, Oliver. "FEATHERWEIGHTS - Linux Magazine Online". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

[5] "Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04". Linux.com. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[6] "Cherokee vs Apache Benchmarks". Dynamic Hosting.

[7] "Cherokee vs Apache : An alternate web server". Craig Strong. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] Contributors and metrics about Cherokee Project

[9] Debian's official packages for Cherokee webserver

[TLS/SSL_Cookbook-10] "TLS/SSL Cookbook". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.

[Virtual_Servers-11] "Virtual Servers". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.

[Authentication-12] "Supported authentication mechanisms". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.

[Modules:_Loggers-13] "Supported logging styles". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.

[uWSGI_support-14] "Cherokee uWSGI support". Retrieved 23 March 2011.

[Cherokee_Market-15] "Application deployment with Cherokee Market". Retrieved 23 March 2011.

[Recipes_for_specific_tasks-16] "Recipes for specific tasks". Retrieved 2010-09-16.

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 '''Cherokee''' is an open-source [[cross-platform]] [[web server]] that runs on [[Linux]], [[BSD|BSD variants]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], {{nowrap|[[Mac OS X]]}}, and [[Microsoft Windows]]. It is a lightweight,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2007/82/FEATHERWEIGHTS/%28kategorie%29/0|title=FEATHERWEIGHTS - Linux Magazine Online|work=Linux Magazine|last=Frommel|first=Oliver|accessdate=10 August 2011}}</ref> high-performance<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linux.com/distronews/481573-installing-cherokee-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-1104|title=Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04|work=Linux.com|date=10 August 2011|accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref> [[web server]]/[[reverse proxy]] licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]]. Its goal is to be fast and fully functional yet still light. Major features of '''Cherokee''' include a graphical administration interface named ''cherokee-admin'', and a modular light-weight design.
-Independent tests have shown Cherokee to be better performing than [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.dynamichosting.biz/2011/04/07/cherokee-vs-apache-benchmarks/|title=Cherokee vs Apache Benchmarks|work=Dynamic Hosting}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://c6s.co.uk/webdev/209|title=Cherokee vs Apache : An alternate web server|work=Craig Strong}}</ref> when serving up both static and dynamic content.
+Independent tests have shown Cherokee to be better performing than [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.dynamichosting.biz/2011/04/07/cherokee-vs-apache-benchmarks/|title=Cherokee vs Apache Benchmarks|work=Dynamic Hosting}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120226095243/http://c6s.co.uk/webdev/209|url=http://c6s.co.uk/webdev/209|title=Cherokee vs Apache : An alternate web server|work=Craig Strong}}</ref> when serving up both static and dynamic content.
 Cherokee is maintained and developed by an [[Free software community|open source community]].<ref>[http://www.ohloh.net/p/cherokee Contributors and metrics about Cherokee Project]</ref> [[Debian]] provides official packages of Cherokee.<ref>[http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=cherokee Debian's official packages for Cherokee webserver]</ref>

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