These commands were tested on a system running Debian Sid and run as the root user.

First we need to Install Cherokee.


Then we start the administrative interface.


This will start an administrative web server that is not meant for public access. This server will bind to localhost on TCP port 9090 for security. If you are running Cherokee on a remote server, you will need to tunnel this port over a secure connection. If you are running Linux on your desktop; open a terminal and run this command.


Now, if you open a web browser and connect to http://127.0.0.1:9090, it will ask you for the user and password that was generated when you first started the server.

After you have enter the proper user credentials, you should be greeted with the server status page. From here you can start the server by clicking the "Launch" button.

In my next post I will describe how to do something actually useful with the admin interface.