Cherokee Admin

Cherokee comes with a web browser administration interface. From this interface the webserver can be configured.

Cherokee admin interface

If you want to access the administration interface from the same computer that you installed cherokee on simply start the administration interface by running:

cherokee-admin

Then redirect your web browser to 127.0.0.1:9090 this is the default port for the administration interface.

If you want to access the administration interface from another computer, you need to bind the cherokee administration interface to all network interfaces:

cherokee-admin -b
Warning
By starting cherokee-admin listening on all interfaces, everyone that can access the computer can alter your cherokee configuration. Don't use this in a production environment!
Parameter Description
-h Show usage
-b Listen all interfaces
-C Use a different configuration file
-d Use a custom admin-interface path
-P Use a different port for the administration interface
Example:

Make cherokee use a different configuration file, listen on port 9091 and grab the administration interface application from a different path:

cherokee-admin -a -P 9091 -C /etc/cherokee/cherokee2.conf \
                 -d /path/to/svn/trunk/cherokee-admin/