I've got an Apache + PHP website and I'd like it to work side by side with Rails using Mongrel. How do I configure httpd.conf (without using a cluster) to forward rails requests to Mongrel and let the php ones continue working as is? Is this possible?
Here's the basic setup:
File system: apache/htdocs - contains all the php scripts railsproj/public - public rails project folder
But doesn't that mean that the end user has to enter the port number ( www.example.com:4000) in his browser? How can I configure it so that www.example.com/[anything/].php goes to the php parser and everything else goes to mongrel/rails?
On 10/18/06, Frederick Cheung <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote:
> I've got an Apache + PHP website and I'd like it to work side by side with > Rails using Mongrel. How do I configure httpd.conf (without using a > cluster) to forward rails requests to Mongrel and let the php ones continue > working as is? Is this possible?
Thanks everybody. My goal was to setup a Ruby on Rails development environment on Windows XP allowing PHP and Rails to run side by side without clustering or proxying. Here's my summary as to how I succeeded to setup the following development environment:
- Windows XP - Xampp: Apache 2.0, PHP 5, MySQL 5 - Ruby 1.8.5 - Rails 1.1.6 - Mongrel (gems: mongrel, mongrel_service)
3) Rails: At the command line: *gem install rails --include-dependencies*. I used to have Ruby 1.8.2 installed and with the version of RubyGems that it came with the gem commands used to freeze. I know things still aren't too stable with Ruby on Windows, but after I upgraded to 1.8.5 the gem command started working nicely.
4) Mongrel: *gem install mongrel_service --include-dependencies*. This will also install the mongrel gem. This gem will allow mongrel to run on Windows as a service.
*CONFIGURATIONS*
1) Apache. Append the following to the httpd.conf file. Notice that I used mod_rewrite rather than mod_proxy to forward requests to mongrel. (If this is a no no, I have yet to find out!) I didn't want to have to configure a mongrel cluster.
2) Mongrel. This is a one-time command to run at the command prompt to install a mongrel service that will serve your rails application: *mongrel_rails service::install -N [name_of_service] -c [c:\path\to\rails\project] -p 4000 -e [development]* [name_of_service] - name of the Mongrel Windows service that will serve the rails project. [c:\path\to\rails\project] - as it says. [development] - this can be either 'development' or 'production'. As you can guess, running on Windows with XAMPP, I was running a development environment.
3) Rails. Configure your development database in [c:\path\to\rails\project]\config\database.yml.
Let me know if I've left anything out. I hope this thread will help newcomers overcome the difficulties of setting up Rails on Windows for the first time!
Best, Shimon Amit
On 10/18/06, Philip Hallstrom <ra...@philip.pjkh.com> wrote:
> > I've got an Apache + PHP website and I'd like it to work side by side > with > > Rails using Mongrel. How do I configure httpd.conf (without using a > > cluster) to forward rails requests to Mongrel and let the php ones > continue > > working as is? Is this possible?
Shameless plug: Take a look at LiteSpeed. It allows you to do all this and more. It's fast, free, and you don't need mongrel och mongrel_cluster. Rails processes can spawn - quickly - just like PHP processes, and the two can coinhabit the same server.
> Thanks everybody. My goal was to setup a Ruby on Rails development > environment on Windows XP allowing PHP and Rails to run side by > side without clustering or proxying. Here's my summary as to how I > succeeded to setup the following development environment:
> - Windows XP > - Xampp: Apache 2.0, PHP 5, MySQL 5 > - Ruby 1.8.5 > - Rails 1.1.6 > - Mongrel (gems: mongrel, mongrel_service)
> 3) Rails: At the command line: gem install rails --include- > dependencies. I used to have Ruby 1.8.2 installed and with the > version of RubyGems that it came with the gem commands used to > freeze. I know things still aren't too stable with Ruby on > Windows, but after I upgraded to 1.8.5 the gem command started > working nicely.
> 4) Mongrel: gem install mongrel_service --include-dependencies. > This will also install the mongrel gem. This gem will allow > mongrel to run on Windows as a service.
> CONFIGURATIONS
> 1) Apache. Append the following to the httpd.conf file. Notice > that I used mod_rewrite rather than mod_proxy to forward requests > to mongrel. (If this is a no no, I have yet to find out!) I > didn't want to have to configure a mongrel cluster. > <VirtualHost *:80>
> 2) Mongrel. This is a one-time command to run at the command > prompt to install a mongrel service that will serve your rails > application:
> mongrel_rails service::install -N [name_of_service] -c [c:\path\to > \rails\project] -p 4000 -e [development] > [name_of_service] - name of the Mongrel Windows service that will > serve the rails project. > [c:\path\to\rails\project] - as it says. > [development] - this can be either 'development' or 'production'. > As you can guess, running on Windows with XAMPP, I was running a > development environment.
> 3) Rails. Configure your development database in [c:\path\to\rails > \project]\config\database.yml.
> Let me know if I've left anything out. I hope this thread will > help newcomers overcome the difficulties of setting up Rails on > Windows for the first time!
> Best, > Shimon Amit > On 10/18/06, Philip Hallstrom <ra...@philip.pjkh.com> wrote:
> > I've got an Apache + PHP website and I'd like it to work side by > side with > > Rails using Mongrel. How do I configure httpd.conf (without using a > > cluster) to forward rails requests to Mongrel and let the php > ones continue > > working as is? Is this possible?
> Shameless plug: Take a look at LiteSpeed. It allows you to do all > this and more. It's fast, free, and you don't need mongrel och > mongrel_cluster. Rails processes can spawn - quickly - just like PHP > processes, and the two can coinhabit the same server.
> / Peter
> On 19 okt 2006, at 15.39, Shimon Amit wrote:
> > Thanks everybody. My goal was to setup a Ruby on Rails development > > environment on Windows XP allowing PHP and Rails to run side by > > side without clustering or proxying. Here's my summary as to how I > > succeeded to setup the following development environment:
> > 3) Rails: At the command line: gem install rails --include- > > dependencies. I used to have Ruby 1.8.2 installed and with the > > version of RubyGems that it came with the gem commands used to > > freeze. I know things still aren't too stable with Ruby on > > Windows, but after I upgraded to 1.8.5 the gem command started > > working nicely.
> > 4) Mongrel: gem install mongrel_service --include-dependencies. > > This will also install the mongrel gem. This gem will allow > > mongrel to run on Windows as a service.
> > CONFIGURATIONS
> > 1) Apache. Append the following to the httpd.conf file. Notice > > that I used mod_rewrite rather than mod_proxy to forward requests > > to mongrel. (If this is a no no, I have yet to find out!) I > > didn't want to have to configure a mongrel cluster. > > <VirtualHost *:80>
> > 2) Mongrel. This is a one-time command to run at the command > > prompt to install a mongrel service that will serve your rails > > application:
> > mongrel_rails service::install -N [name_of_service] -c [c:\path\to > > \rails\project] -p 4000 -e [development] > > [name_of_service] - name of the Mongrel Windows service that will > > serve the rails project. > > [c:\path\to\rails\project] - as it says. > > [development] - this can be either 'development' or 'production'. > > As you can guess, running on Windows with XAMPP, I was running a > > development environment.
> > 3) Rails. Configure your development database in [c:\path\to\rails > > \project]\config\database.yml.
> > Let me know if I've left anything out. I hope this thread will > > help newcomers overcome the difficulties of setting up Rails on > > Windows for the first time!
> > Best, > > Shimon Amit > > On 10/18/06, Philip Hallstrom <ra...@philip.pjkh.com> wrote:
> > > I've got an Apache + PHP website and I'd like it to work side by > > side with > > > Rails using Mongrel. How do I configure httpd.conf (without using a > > > cluster) to forward rails requests to Mongrel and let the php > > ones continue > > > working as is? Is this possible?
I had looked at LiteSpeed for a production app, and the commercial version looks freaking fast. The free version looks about the same, performance-wise, as lighttpd. Lighttpd also can serve both rails and php through fcgi. Does litespeed have any advantages over lighttpd?
Peter Bengtson wrote: > Shameless plug: Take a look at LiteSpeed. It allows you to do all > this and more. It's fast, free, and you don't need mongrel och > mongrel_cluster. Rails processes can spawn - quickly - just like PHP > processes, and the two can coinhabit the same server.
> / Peter
> On 19 okt 2006, at 15.39, Shimon Amit wrote:
>> Thanks everybody. My goal was to setup a Ruby on Rails development >> environment on Windows XP allowing PHP and Rails to run side by >> side without clustering or proxying. Here's my summary as to how I >> succeeded to setup the following development environment:
>> - Windows XP >> - Xampp: Apache 2.0, PHP 5, MySQL 5 >> - Ruby 1.8.5 >> - Rails 1.1.6 >> - Mongrel (gems: mongrel, mongrel_service)
>> 3) Rails: At the command line: gem install rails --include- >> dependencies. I used to have Ruby 1.8.2 installed and with the >> version of RubyGems that it came with the gem commands used to >> freeze. I know things still aren't too stable with Ruby on >> Windows, but after I upgraded to 1.8.5 the gem command started >> working nicely.
>> 4) Mongrel: gem install mongrel_service --include-dependencies. >> This will also install the mongrel gem. This gem will allow >> mongrel to run on Windows as a service.
>> CONFIGURATIONS
>> 1) Apache. Append the following to the httpd.conf file. Notice >> that I used mod_rewrite rather than mod_proxy to forward requests >> to mongrel. (If this is a no no, I have yet to find out!) I >> didn't want to have to configure a mongrel cluster. >> <VirtualHost *:80>
>> 2) Mongrel. This is a one-time command to run at the command >> prompt to install a mongrel service that will serve your rails >> application:
>> mongrel_rails service::install -N [name_of_service] -c [c:\path\to >> \rails\project] -p 4000 -e [development] >> [name_of_service] - name of the Mongrel Windows service that will >> serve the rails project. >> [c:\path\to\rails\project] - as it says. >> [development] - this can be either 'development' or 'production'. >> As you can guess, running on Windows with XAMPP, I was running a >> development environment.
>> 3) Rails. Configure your development database in [c:\path\to\rails >> \project]\config\database.yml.
>> Let me know if I've left anything out. I hope this thread will >> help newcomers overcome the difficulties of setting up Rails on >> Windows for the first time!
>> Best, >> Shimon Amit >> On 10/18/06, Philip Hallstrom <ra...@philip.pjkh.com> wrote:
>>> I've got an Apache + PHP website and I'd like it to work side by
>> side with
>>> Rails using Mongrel. How do I configure httpd.conf (without using a >>> cluster) to forward rails requests to Mongrel and let the php
Yes. You don't need to allocate a bunch of static FCGI workers. They are spawned as needed, and you can control the maximum allowed number of them. Also, configuring a Rails site is a doddle. As is multiple Rails apps on one server. And it's configurable through a web interface.
> I had looked at LiteSpeed for a production app, and the commercial > version looks freaking fast. The free version looks about the same, > performance-wise, as lighttpd. Lighttpd also can serve both rails and > php through fcgi. Does litespeed have any advantages over lighttpd?
> Peter Bengtson wrote: >> Shameless plug: Take a look at LiteSpeed. It allows you to do all >> this and more. It's fast, free, and you don't need mongrel och >> mongrel_cluster. Rails processes can spawn - quickly - just like PHP >> processes, and the two can coinhabit the same server.
>> / Peter
>> On 19 okt 2006, at 15.39, Shimon Amit wrote:
>>> Thanks everybody. My goal was to setup a Ruby on Rails development >>> environment on Windows XP allowing PHP and Rails to run side by >>> side without clustering or proxying. Here's my summary as to how I >>> succeeded to setup the following development environment:
>>> - Windows XP >>> - Xampp: Apache 2.0, PHP 5, MySQL 5 >>> - Ruby 1.8.5 >>> - Rails 1.1.6 >>> - Mongrel (gems: mongrel, mongrel_service)
>>> 3) Rails: At the command line: gem install rails --include- >>> dependencies. I used to have Ruby 1.8.2 installed and with the >>> version of RubyGems that it came with the gem commands used to >>> freeze. I know things still aren't too stable with Ruby on >>> Windows, but after I upgraded to 1.8.5 the gem command started >>> working nicely.
>>> 4) Mongrel: gem install mongrel_service --include-dependencies. >>> This will also install the mongrel gem. This gem will allow >>> mongrel to run on Windows as a service.
>>> CONFIGURATIONS
>>> 1) Apache. Append the following to the httpd.conf file. Notice >>> that I used mod_rewrite rather than mod_proxy to forward requests >>> to mongrel. (If this is a no no, I have yet to find out!) I >>> didn't want to have to configure a mongrel cluster. >>> <VirtualHost *:80>
>>> 2) Mongrel. This is a one-time command to run at the command >>> prompt to install a mongrel service that will serve your rails >>> application:
>>> mongrel_rails service::install -N [name_of_service] -c [c:\path\to >>> \rails\project] -p 4000 -e [development] >>> [name_of_service] - name of the Mongrel Windows service that will >>> serve the rails project. >>> [c:\path\to\rails\project] - as it says. >>> [development] - this can be either 'development' or 'production'. >>> As you can guess, running on Windows with XAMPP, I was running a >>> development environment.
>>> 3) Rails. Configure your development database in [c:\path\to\rails >>> \project]\config\database.yml.
>>> Let me know if I've left anything out. I hope this thread will >>> help newcomers overcome the difficulties of setting up Rails on >>> Windows for the first time!
>>> Best, >>> Shimon Amit >>> On 10/18/06, Philip Hallstrom <ra...@philip.pjkh.com> wrote:
>>>> I've got an Apache + PHP website and I'd like it to work side by
>>> side with
>>>> Rails using Mongrel. How do I configure httpd.conf (without >>>> using a >>>> cluster) to forward rails requests to Mongrel and let the php
On 10/19/06, Shimon Amit <shimon.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks everybody. My goal was to setup a Ruby on Rails development > environment on Windows XP allowing PHP and Rails to run side by side without > clustering or proxying.
No, no, no... proxying is how you are *supposed* to use Apache with Mongrel. If you don't want use proxying then just browse directly to the port # on which you are having Mongrel serve up your Rails app.
I don't want to have to enter the port number. It is not elegant. Plus, I don't want to make provisions for that type of URL pattern in the links (PHP links). The last line of the VirtualHost section above says:
This is the line that rewrites all the rails requests to mongrel. Problem is, I can't use ProxyPass rather than RewriteRule because it does not accept regular expressions. Do you have any suggestions? Plus, why is it preferable to use mod_proxy rather than mod_rewrite with Mongrel?
Thanks, Shimon
On 10/20/06, Curt Hibbs <ml.chi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/19/06, Shimon Amit <shimon.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks everybody. My goal was to setup a Ruby on Rails development > > environment on Windows XP allowing PHP and Rails to run side by side > without > > clustering or proxying.
> No, no, no... proxying is how you are *supposed* to use Apache with > Mongrel. If you don't want use proxying then just browse directly to > the port # on which you are having Mongrel serve up your Rails app.
> expressions. Do you have any suggestions? Plus, why is it > preferable to use mod_proxy rather than mod_rewrite with Mongrel?
As I understand it, it's the API required... fcgi expects the web server to use that protocol which is handled by a web server module, and the rewrite is what triggers it.
OTOH, mongrel is a HTTP server; it expects the proxied http request. Why don't you want proxying? It's already available with apache... and it works well. We have php and rails w/ mongrel working in InstantRails...
I tried InstantRails but they don't offer MySQL 5 which is a requirement. Regarding proxies, I have no objection to using them so long as I can use regular expressions (see post above) to filter requests. So far I've only had success with mod_rewrite and not with mod_proxy.
On 10/21/06, David Morton <morto...@dgrmm.net> wrote:
> On Oct 20, 2006, at 6:35 AM, Shimon Amit wrote: > > expressions. Do you have any suggestions? Plus, why is it > > preferable to use mod_proxy rather than mod_rewrite with Mongrel?
> As I understand it, it's the API required... fcgi expects the web > server to use that protocol which is handled by a web server module, > and the rewrite is what triggers it.
> OTOH, mongrel is a HTTP server; it expects the proxied http > request. Why don't you want proxying? It's already available with > apache... and it works well. We have php and rails w/ mongrel > working in InstantRails...
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