Installation on Cherokee

This is supposed to be the fastest system for High-Volume sites

uWSGI

uWSGI allows different virtual hosts to reload their modules without restarting for other users.

• ​http://www.cherokee-project.com/doc/cookbook_uwsgi.html

Install uWSGI

Needs installing from Source:

apt-get install -y libxml2-dev make
wget http://projects.unbit.it/downloads/uwsgi-0.9.7.2.tar.gz
tar zxvf uwsgi-0.9.7.2.tar.gz
cd uwsgi-0.9.7.2
make
cp uwsgi /usr/local/bin
cd ..

Install Cherokee

Whilst there is a version in Squeee, better to install the latest to gain performance advantages on static content:

apt-get install -y gettext libgeoip-dev libssl-dev rrdtool
wget http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/1.2/1.2.98/cherokee-1.2.98.tar.gz
tar zxvf cherokee-1.2.98.tar.gz
cd cherokee-1.2.98
./configure
make
make install
cd ..

FastCGI

​http://web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/17

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