## Index → Modules → Handlers

## Handler: Remote Administration

This handler is used to create rules that can provide information about the running server useful for System Administration. When any such rule is matched, a cherokee-tweak instance will have full access to this data stream.

Note that providing real-real time information about the status of a web server in production is a double edged blade. It is both a very valuable tool for system administration and a severe security risk if no precautions are taken. You are strongly encouraged to both encrypt the channel and disable public access.

There are no parameters to be configured for this handle.

The information provided covers a wide spectrum: ports (secured and non-secured), TX/RX status, connections, threads, backup mode and selectable system traces such as the ones provided by CHEROKEE_TRACE.

Check the Debugging section for more details on this, and the section about cherokee-tweak for specific usage information.

Also, you should think of this handler as a web-service. In fact, cherokee-tweak is just a client application using consuming it. Writing custom client-apps that make use of this handler is almost trivial, since commands can be issued from the command line using `curl`.

Command line examples:

    echo 'set server.trace time,thread,all' | curl -v http://localhost/admin/ -u myuser:mypassword --data-binary @-
    echo 'set server.trace none'            | curl -v http://localhost/admin/ -u myuser:mypassword --data-binary @-
    echo 'get server.connections'           | curl -v http://localhost/admin/ -u myuser:mypassword --data-binary @-
    echo 'close server.connection 100'      | curl -v http://localhost/admin/ -u myuser:mypassword --data-binary @-
    echo 'get server.sources'               | curl -v http://localhost/admin/ -u myuser:mypassword --data-binary @-
    echo 'kill server.source 3'             | curl -v http://localhost/admin/ -u myuser:mypassword --data-binary @-