---
name: "cherokee-guardian"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cherokee"
version: "0.7.2-4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cherokee-guardian"
---

# cherokee-guardian(1)

Cherokee web server safe invoker

## NAME

cherokee-guardian - Cherokee web server safe invoker

## SYNOPSIS

**cherokee-guardian**

## DESCRIPTION

**cherokee** is an extremely fast, flexible and embedable web server.  **cherokee-guardian** is the recommended way to invoke cherokee - It will launch Cherokee with any options specified to it via the command line, and monitor it. In case Cherokee ends abnormally, it will be immediately re-launched.

In future versions, cherokee-guardian will probably become the main binary to invoke Cherokee.

## BUGS

### Bug reports

I would appreciate hearing of any problems you have with Cherokee.  I would also like to hear from you if you have successfully used Cherokee, especially if you are using it for a distribution.

There is a mailing list for discussion among Cherokee users and for announcements of new and test versions. To join, send a message to cherokee-admin@cherokee-project.com with the line:

**subscribe cherokee**

in the body of the message. The submission address is cherokee@cherokee-project.com.

## SEE ALSO

For information on the options with which Cherokee itself accepts, please refer to  [*cherokee*(1)](/cherokee/1.md) Note that in in Debian systems, a startup/shutdown script /etc/init.d/cherokee is provided, and will probably be the most convenient invocation method.

## AUTHOR

Alvaro Lopez Ortega \<alvaro@alobbs.com\>.