Cherokee 1.2: batteries included
Today we’ve released Cherokee 1.2. There’s been a big bump in everything, and the shiny new version number is by far the least improved feature of all.
With this version we’ve also launched the Cherokee Market, which is totally integrated with Cherokee-Admin. The change is much more than superficial. Besides having a new section in Cherokee-admin, this is going to change the way that people interact with their webserver infrastructures.
Remote services such as saving and restoring the webserver configuration are now enabled by default, and getting real job done has never been easier. Through Cherokee Market, downloading and deploying Web applications on your Cherokee servers has never been easier. In fact, with only a couple of clicks and a few seconds, you’ll have a completely functional and highly optimized environment at your disposal.
It was the natural way to go for the configuration wizards we’ve been enjoying for the last couple of years, and I’m sure that in the near future everyone will wonder how could they have ever lived without this.
Take a look at the quickstart video. It shows the installation of the Cherokee Web Server on MacOS X, and deployment of Drupal 7, all in a matter of seconds. I don’t really think it can get much easier than that.
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I’m not thrilled about this direction. I will wait and see how things go but at this point I feel like I will need to begin considering alternatives. All I am looking for is a rock solid, high performance, easy to use web server. I don’t think the Market is consistent with that objective.
Your choice, man. It’s all about freedom to choose :)
I really don’t get why would Batman be upset with adding an extra tool to his utility belt.
What is your concern exactly? The Market is a feature of Cherokee-admin. Cherokee’s core remains as light as always.
I’m pretty sure no other web server can do the same at the time being. And will love to see how will this affect the development of those alternatives you mentioned.
What is your concern exactly?
Well, this:
Rev 6348, 2011-02-21 16:18:07Author: alo
Log message:
Removes a few deprecated wizards that will not make it to the next
major version of the server.
Almost all web app wizard scripts where removed, and i doubt out of technical reasons but more probably a policital move to drag people into the new cherokee market thing. Granted it’s a great service with many free web apps to download and install, but it does leave a bad taste at least with me.