Apache 2.0 <=> Pen <=> Mongrel problems

I have a Centos server that I would rather not upgrade to Apache 2.2
due to other sites in production (and the PITA that the upgrade
appears to be). So, I’m using Apache 2.0 <=> Pen <=> 3 Mongrels

3 Mongrels on 11100-11102.
Pen on 11180.

(Aside: Pen vs. Pound? Opinions? Tradeoffs?)

From the command line on the server, I can see that that is working.
“lynx http://
localhost:11180/events” gives me back a “Routing Error: no route
found
to match “/events” with {:method=>:get}”. That’s correct – there is
no such route. The important thing is that it’s talking to a mongrel.

It’s the Apache <=> Pen that I can’t get to work.

Below is my entry in conf.d: (a few items replaced with [stuff] in
brackets to protect the innocent…

Any obvious issues? I can get to the static web page, but not the
rails app…

<VirtualHost [IP_Address]:80>

RoR app

#SetEnv RAILS_ENV development
SetEnv RAILS_ENV production

ServerName [fqdn of virtual host]
ServerAlias [hostname of virtual host]
DocumentRoot /home/boster/www/tilthouse/dev/rails/[app_dir]/temp-
deploy/public

LogFormat “%h %l %u %t "%r" %>s %b "%{Referer}i" "%
{User-Agent}i"”
CustomLog /home/boster/www/logs/[hostname].access_log common
ErrorLog /home/boster/www/logs/[hostname].error_log

<Directory “/home/boster/www/tilthouse/dev/rails/[app_dir]/temp-
deploy/public”>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

ProxyRequests Off

<Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all

ProxyPass / http://localhost:11180/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:11180/

RewriteEngine On

Rewrite index to check for static

Letting rails handle the case with routes

RewriteRule ^/$ /index.html [QSA]

Rewrite to check for Rails cached page

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]

Expanded setup to only proxy rails pieces (not static pages)

Adapted from http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-

July/000757.html
RewriteCond $1 !images|errors|stylesheets|javascripts|files|
favicon.ico|robots.txt

Redirect all non-static requests to cluster

XXX DON’T check the filesystem, as this is extremely slow for

each

XXX request. Instead, rely on the patterns above. Add more if

needed.
#RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

Pass everything else thru to mongrel cluster

#RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ balancer://mongrel_cluster%{REQUEST_URI}
[P,QSA,L]