Starting Up The Server

As soon as you run the quickstart, you're ready to fire up CherryPy's built-in server and get moving! To run the server for development you should:

  1. Switch to the top level directory of your newly created project (in the example here, "cd gs")
  2. Run "python start-PACKAGENAME.py" ("python start-gs.py", in the example)

You'll see logging messages telling you that the server has started up. By default, it runs on port 8080, so you should be able to see the base welcome page by pointing your browser at http://localhost:8080/. On the Mac, you'll be able to see your development site in the Bonjour bookmarks.

The server watches for changes to files in your project and will automatically restart if it sees any. You can stop the server at any time by pressing Control-C.