..  crate_anon/docs/source/website_config/launch_server.rst

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    Created by Rudolf Cardinal (rnc1001@cam.ac.uk).
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.. _CherryPy: https://cherrypy.org/
.. _Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/


Launch the CRATE web server
---------------------------


.. _crate_launch_cherrypy_server:

crate_launch_cherrypy_server
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


This is the standard cross-platform production server for CRATE, using
CherryPy_.

The command is a shortcut to :ref:`crate_django_manage runcpserver
<django_manage_runcpserver>`.


.. _crate_launch_django_server:

crate_launch_django_server
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


This is a lightweight test server, using Django_ itself.

The command is a shortcut to :ref:`crate_django_manage runserver
<django_manage_runserver>`.