Comments on: Rails production server setup and deployment on Ubuntu/Debian

By: roger pack

roger pack — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:15:38 +0000

definitely try mod_rails–it is actually friendly to the user :)

By: arasu

arasu — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:49:54 +0000

thanks for the tutorial.

well, i have problem in my VirtualBox where i’m using Ubuntu. I already installed capistrano but when i run this command :-

analogkid@ubuntu:~$ cap –apply-to question

its returning error like this :-

/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:578:in `report_activate_error’: Could not find RubyGem echoe (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError)
from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:134:in `activate’
from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:158:in `activate’
from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `each’
from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `activate’
from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:158:in `activate’
from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `each’
from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:157:in `activate’
from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:49:in `gem’
from /usr/bin/cap:18

By: Anna Kolesnik

Anna Kolesnik — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:23:58 +0000

thank you ..
useful notes, keep your information uptodate ..

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:18:07 +0000

Ariejan… Thanks for the feedback; ‘touch httpd.conf’ did the trick (and I found that it is Included from apache2.conf.

A quick fix: I found that two of your directives had to be updated:

proxy becomes:

and the directives required a directory name; i.e.,

just to resolve syntax errors.

However, I have been completely unable to connect apache & mongrel, and I have tested numerous configurations.

Right now, from the Linux box:
http://edplist/ ==> Forbidden “/” (I do have a directive in there for “/” allowing all
and
http://edplist:9000/ ==> my rails application

Any suggestions? Thanks again for a great article!

By: Ariejan de Vroom

Ariejan de Vroom — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:14:36 +0000

@Jon: In most cases httpd.conf is generated automatically. Some systems use apache2.conf. Just create an empty httpd.conf file and see if apache accepts that.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:01:23 +0000

Thanks for a great writeup; I tried several other instructions before a I found yours.

I have one problem: I got all the way thru, but now apache won’t start because there is no httpd.conf file in /etc/apache2…

Was that supposed to be automagically created during the install or at some other point? Sort of looked as if it was supposed to be handled in the sites-available file… If not, do you have a quick punch list for it?

Thanks much…jon

By: Brian Moschel

Brian Moschel — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:28:01 +0000

Very thorough tutorial. Thanks for posting it. Another series of Deployment 101 articles that might be helpful is posted here:

http://jupiterit.com/wordpress/?p=190

I documented all the problems I had with deployment and created a step by step guide for each stage of deployment. Hope its helpful.

By: Ariejan de Vroom

Ariejan de Vroom — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:35:41 +0000

@rufio: Yes, just create multiple virtualhosts and proxy definitions. Make sure you run your mongrels on different ports.

By: rufio

rufio — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:31:51 +0000

Hi, can I set up for more applications (domains). If Yes, do U know how? Thanks.

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Ruby on Rails with Mongrel and Apache2 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:13:30 +0000

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