How to Install Cherokee on OpenBSD

Cherokee is a lightweight and flexible web server that can be used to host various kinds of websites and applications. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Cherokee on OpenBSD.

Step 1: Update the System

Before installing Cherokee, we need to update the system packages to ensure that we have the latest security patches and bug fixes.

$ sudo pkg_add -u

Step 2: Install Cherokee Dependencies

Cherokee requires a few dependencies that are not included in the base OpenBSD installation. We can install them using the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add -I automake autoconf libtool pcre yajl

Step 3: Download Cherokee

We need to download Cherokee from the official website. To do that, we can use the following command:

$ cd /tmp
$ ftp http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/1.0/1.0.22/cherokee-1.0.22.tar.gz

Step 4: Extract and Build Cherokee

After downloading Cherokee, we need to extract its contents and build it. We can use the following commands:

$ tar -zxf cherokee-1.0.22.tar.gz
$ cd cherokee-1.0.22
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

Step 5: Configure Cherokee

Once Cherokee is installed, we can configure it to run as a web server. We need to edit the cherokee.conf file and add our virtual server settings.

$ sudo vi /usr/local/etc/cherokee/cherokee.conf

In the cherokee.conf file, we can add our virtual server settings under the virtual_servers section. For example:

vserver!localhost!8888!document_root = /var/www
vserver!localhost!8888!error_document_404 = /error.html
vserver!localhost!8888!type = http
vserver!localhost!8888!directory_index = index.html

Save and close the file. Then, restart Cherokee to apply the changes.

$ sudo cherokee

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Cherokee on OpenBSD. We also configured Cherokee to run as a web server with virtual server settings. Cherokee is now ready to host websites and applications on OpenBSD.