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diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_app.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_app.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2213bd1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_app.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ += cowboy(7) + +== Name + +cowboy - Small, fast, modular HTTP server. + +== Dependencies + +The `cowboy` application uses the Erlang applications `ranch` +for listening and accepting TCP connections, `crypto` for +establishing Websocket connections, and `cowlib` for parsing and +building messages for Web protocols. These dependencies must +be loaded for the `cowboy` application to work. In an embedded +environment this means that they need to be started with the +`application:start/{1,2}` function before the `cowboy` +application is started. + +The `cowboy` application also uses the Erlang applications +`asn1`, `public_key` and `ssl` when listening for HTTPS connections. +These are started automatically if they weren't before. + +== Environment + +The `cowboy` application does not define any application +environment configuration parameters. |