Cherokee is a lightweight and highly customizable web server that runs on Linux, BSD, Solaris, and Mac OS X. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of Cherokee on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before we begin, you need to have the following:
Before installing Cherokee, you need to update your system to the latest version. To do that, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Cherokee is not included in the default Ubuntu repositories. Hence, you need to add the Cherokee repository to your system. To add the repository, run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cherokee-webserver/ppa
sudo apt-get update
Once the Cherokee repository is added, you can install Cherokee using the following command:
sudo apt-get install cherokee
To start Cherokee, run the following command:
sudo service cherokee start
To check the Cherokee configuration, run the following command:
sudo cherokee-admin -xb
This command will show you the Cherokee configuration in XML format.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Cherokee web server on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now start configuring and using Cherokee for your web applications.
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