Cherokee (web server)

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Cherokee Web Server
Original author(s) Álvaro López Ortega, Cherokee Project
Stable release
1.2.104 [1] / 1 April 2014;9 years ago (1 April 2014)
Repository
Written in C, Python and JavaScript [2]
Operating system Cross-platform [3]
Available inEnglish, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Catalan, Galician
Type Web server
License GPLv2 [4]
Website cherokee-project.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Cherokee is an open-source cross-platform web server that runs on Linux, BSD variants, Solaris, OS X , and Windows. It is a lightweight, [5] high-performance [6] 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.

Contents

Cherokee is maintained and developed by an open source community. [7]

Features

Web server features

Web applications

Configuration wizards are provided to automatically configure the web server to perform specific tasks, or run frameworks and applications. These provide support for: PHP through FastCGI, Ruby on Rails, ColdFusion, GlassFish, Django, Alfresco, GNU Mailman, .NET with Mono, rTorrent, Symfony, and Zend Engine, plus generic Video Streaming and uWSGI. [14]

Devices running Cherokee

During the last few years Cherokee has been adopted by numerous electronic device makes and IoT technology manufacturers. Some examples include GoPro action cameras and drones, [15] Xiaomi action cameras, Digi International's Internet of things kits, [16] ATN Corporation's high-end rifle scopes, [17] Defender's security cameras, [18] etc. Since Cherokee is Open Source Software and does not require manufacturers to license the code, there is no way to know how many companies are embedding Cherokee in their products.

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References

  1. ↑ "Release v1.2.104". 1 April 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Cherokee - Ohloh". Ohloh.net. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Cherokee Downloads". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Cherokee license". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23.
  5. ↑ Frommel, Oliver. "FEATHERWEIGHTS - Linux Magazine Online". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04". Linux.com. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ Contributors and metrics about Cherokee Project
  8. ↑ "TLS/SSL Cookbook". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  9. ↑ "Virtual Servers". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  10. ↑ "Supported authentication mechanisms". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  11. ↑ "Supported logging styles". Cherokee project. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  12. ↑ "Cherokee uWSGI support" . Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  13. ↑ "Application deployment with Cherokee Market". Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  14. ↑ "Recipes for specific tasks" . Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  15. ↑ "GoPro: Open Source Software".
  16. ↑ "Digi ConnectCard i.MX28" (PDF).
  17. ↑ "Hacking the ATN X-sight".
  18. ↑ "Wi-Fi камера Multicam Defender WF-10HD".
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