<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us" /> <meta name="ROBOTS" content="ALL" /> <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" /> <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="true" /> <meta name="Keywords" content="cherokee web server httpd http" /> <meta name="Description" content="Cherokee is a flexible, very fast, lightweight Web server. It is implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library. It is embeddable and extensible with plug-ins. It supports on-the-fly configuration by reading files or strings, TLS/SSL (via GNUTLS or OpenSSL), virtual hosts, authentication, cache friendly features, PHP, custom error management, and much more." /> <link href="media/css/cherokee_doc.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" /> </head> <body> <h2 id="_a_href_index_html_index_a_8594_a_href_modules_html_modules_a"><a href="index.html">Index</a> → <a href="modules.html">Modules</a></h2> <div class="sectionbody"> </div> <h2 id="_modules_handlers">Modules: Handlers</h2> <div class="sectionbody"> <div class="paragraph"><p>Handlers are the Cherokee modules that actually manage the connections. You can specify what module actually must handle the connection for any given rule matched in your <a href="config_virtual_servers.html">Virtual servers</a> settings. Several are provided to perform a varied set of actions, though it is possible to develop homebrewed handlers easily once you grasp the basics of Cherokee’s internal architecture.</p></div> <div class="paragraph"><p>This is the list of standard handlers provided by Cherokee:</p></div> <div class="ulist"><ul> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_file.html">Static Content</a>: Send files. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_dirlist.html">Only listing</a>: List directories. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_common.html">List & Send</a>: List directories and send files. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_custom_error.html">HTTP error</a>: Generate custom HTTP errors. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_redir.html">Redirection</a>: URL forwards and rewrites. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_cgi.html">CGI</a>: Common Gateway Interface. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_fcgi.html">FastCGI</a>: Fast Common Gateway Interface. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_scgi.html">SCGI</a>: Simple Common Gateway Interface. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_uwsgi.html">uWSGI</a>: uWSGI protocol. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_proxy.html">HTTP reverse proxy</a>: Surrogate/reverse proxy handler. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_ssi.html">Server Side Includes</a>: SSI Server Support. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_postreport.html">Upload Reporting</a>: Show an upload progress bar. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_streaming.html">Audio/Video Streaming</a>: Media streamer. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_secdownload.html">Hidden Downloads</a>: Secure, Time expiring downloads. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_server_info.html">Server Info</a>: Provide info about Cherokee. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_dbslayer.html">MySQL bridge</a>: MySQL over HTTP bridge. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_admin.html">Remote Administration</a>: Cherokee administration handler. </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modules_handlers_empty_gif.html">1x1 Transparent GIF</a>: Returns a 1x1 pixel transparent GIF. </p> </li> </ul></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> </div> </div> </body> </html>