== link:index.html[Index] ->
link:config.html[Configuration]////Last checked: 2010/04/26
Cherokee 0.99.46b////General
Configuration---------------------[[networking]]Network~~~~~~~image::media/images/admin_general_networking.png[General]IPv6
support^^^^^^^^^^^^The IPv6 configuration key brings the
possibility of activating ordeactivating the IPv6 support at the
server. If Cherokee has beencompiled with IPv6 support
(--with-ipv6), this configuration entrywill be fully functional,
otherwise it will be ignored.SSL/TLS
Back-end^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Specifies the TLS/SSL backend to be used,
if any. The current optionis OpenSSL.Timeout^^^^^^^Sets the number
of seconds that Cherokee will wait before closing
theconnection.Server Tokens^^^^^^^^^^^^^This specifies the string
that Cherokee should use to
identifyitself.[options="header"]|=======================================================|Parameters
|Description|Product |Cherokee|Minor |Cherokee/0.98|Minimal
|Cherokee/0.98.3|OS |Cherokee/0.98.3 (UNIX)|Full |Cherokee/0.98.3
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(UNIX)|=======================================================By
default, Cherokee will use *Full*.Graphs type^^^^^^^^^^^Through
this you can enable or disable the usage of RRD graphs. Checkthe
link:other_graphs.html[usage graphs] section for more
details.[[ports_to_listen]]Ports to
listen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~image::media/images/admin_general_ports.png[Ports
to listen]This section allows to configure the ports that the
server will belistening to. You can add several different ports,
and configurewhether they will be used for HTTP or HTTPS.Each
binding entry can be configured to listen to a networkinterface. In
case the text entry is empty, the server will acceptconnection from
the port on any interface.[[server_permissions]]Server
Permissions~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~image::media/images/admin_general_permissions.png[Server
Permissions]User & Group^^^^^^^^^^^^The User directive
configures which user the Cherokee daemon willnormally run as. By
default, Cherokee runs as root which is consideredundesirable in
all but the most trustful network configurations.The User directive
used in conjunction with the Group directiveinstructs the daemon to
switch to the specified user and group asquickly as possible after
startup.There are two possible formats: using the user or group
name, or usingthe system ID.Chroot^^^^^^Cherokee can be jailed
inside a directory. Note that this should notbe used as the sole
security measure.[[icons]]Icon management~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The icons
configuration file associates an icon image with one or morefile
extensions. This information will be used mainly by
thelink:modules_handlers_dirlist.html[dirlist] handler.*
**Extensions** - This allows to associate icons with extensions.*
**Files** - This section lets you specify an icon for certain
filenames such as "core" or "README". It accepts wild-card strings
(using * and ?)* **Special icons** - **Directory**: In this case,
it specifies the icon to be used with Directories. -
**ParentDirectory**: This entry is used to assign an Icon to the
"go to the parent directory" action. - **Default**: This is the
icon that will be shown if any of the previous ones
matched.image::media/images/admin_general_icons.png[Icons][[mime]]MIME
Types~~~~~~~~~~This section allows to add support for new MIME
types or edit theexisting ones.* *Mime Type*: this is the proper
mime string.* *Extensions*: the file extensions for this type of
contents.* *Max Age*: defines for how long a file of this type must
be cached at the client's
side.image::media/images/admin_general_mime.png[MIME Types]
